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COLLECTION ACADEMIQUE, composee des Memoires, Actes ou Journaux des plus celebres Academies & Societes Litteraires de l'Europe. Concernant l'histoire naturelle, la botanique, la physique, la chymie, la chirurgie, l'anatomie, la mechanique etc.
Paris,1784. Tome septieme, partie Francoise. Contenant la suite de l'Histoire & des Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris, Cuchet; Liege, C. Plomteux, 1784. 4to, 255 x 185 mm, 10 x 7ΒΌ inches, 20 engraved plates, 1 folding, French text, pages viii, 435, bound in full old cat's paw calf, raised bands and gilt decoration to spine, gilt lettered morocco labels, all edges red, marbled endpapers. Binding worn, head and tail of spine chipped, hinges cracked at head and tail, covers holding firmly, few scuffs to covers, corners slightly worn, small chip to edge of upper cover, armorial bookplate on front pastedown, a few pages lightly age-browned, contents otherwise clean and bright. Binding tight and firm. A good copy. The work is divided into the following sections: Physique generale; Chirurgie et Observations Anatomiques; Chymie; Mechanique; plus there are very brief sections headed Anatomie, Histoire Naturelle, Botanique, and Observations Meteorologiques also a chapter on Siamese twins and animals that are joined. Authors of the articles include M. du Fay, M. de Reaumur, M. de la Condamine, M. Petit, M. Helvetius, Boerhave, M. Hellot, M. Geoffroy, M. Pitot. Images sent on request.
Offered for GBP 125.00 = appr. US$ 204.50 by: Roger Middleton - Book number: 5093