Lot
62
Lot 62
DESAGULIERS J. T. A System of Experimental Philosophy ...
Estimate
£500 - £800
DESAGULIERS J. T. A System of Experimental Philosophy Prov`d by Mechanicks .... with a full Description of the Air-Pump ... as also of the different Species of Barometer, Thermometers, and Hydrometers, as shewn at the publick Lectures ... To which is added, Sir Isaac Newton`s Colours, The Description of the condensing Engine ... And Rowley` Horary. Advert leaf facing title & others before plates at end. 10 fldg. eng. plates (as called for). Eng. head & tail-pieces, initials & one or two small vignettes. 201pp. Small quarto. Panelled calf, gilt back. Armorial bookplate. 1st. ed., published by Paul Dawson, 1719.
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Many old manuscript scribblings & letterings to the blank fold-outs of the plates (images not affected) & to the front free endpaper. Otherwise a nice copy, clean internally.
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