$960
Science, Mathematics, and Philosophy, Four Volumes, 1650-1803. Rene Descartes's (1596-1650) Principia Philosopiae [and] Specimina Philosophiae: seu Dissertatio de Methodo , Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1650, quarto, numerous text illustrations, the two formerly bound together, now separated, lacking both boards; Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belle Lettres , Berlin: Haude et Spener, 1752, quarto, illustrated with folding engravings, contemporary half-leather, front board stripped of covering material, contents toned; Louis-Antoine de Bougainville's (1729-1811) Traite du Calcul Integral , Paris: Guerin & Delatour, 1754, first edition, quarto, folding plates, contemporary sponged calfskin, rodent damage to leather at head and foot of the spine; Giuseppe Calandrelli (1749-1827) and Andrea Conti's (1777-1840) Opuscoli Astronomici, e Fisici [bound with] Eclisse Solare del di XI. Febbrajo MDCCCIV. Osservata nella Specola Astronomica dell' Universita Gregoriana nel Collegio Romano , Rome: Salomoni, 1803 [and 1804], large quarto, both titles with engraved vignette of the astronomy department building at the Collegio Romano, the first work with two folding plates and half-title present, ms. note bound into first work; contemporary half-leather, splitting along the joints, contents good, with limited light spotting and toning; these volumes not collated. (4)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-17
