1789 PHYSICS Science Experiments Illustrated Astronomy Compasses Optics Brisson

1789 PHYSICS Science Experiments Illustrated Astronomy Compasses Optics Brisson

Mathurin-Jacques Brisson was as an 18^th-century French scientist who wrote numerous works on zoology, physics, and chemistry. One of his best works was his ‘Treatise on Elementary Principles of Physics’. This work is a highly desirable work, so much so that supplemental illustrations were published throughout the end of the 18^th-century. This collection of 90 engravings depicts countless studies within physics such as optics, compasses and navigation, astronomy, lunar study, magnetism, mechanics, and climatology.

Item number: #21668

Price: $750

Mathurin-Jacques Brisson

Planches du Dictionnaire de Physique

Paris: de l’Imprimerie de Moutard, 1781.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 90 plates of engravings
• Provenance: Handwritten – [ Boucher d’Anges]
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~10.25in X 8in (26cm x 20.5cm)
• Quite scarce

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