NOLLET (Abbé). LECONS DE PHYSIQUE EXPERIMENTALE - L'ART DES - Lot 117

NOLLET (Abbé). LECONS DE PHYSIQUE EXPERIMENTALE - L'ART DES EXPÉRIENCES. Paris, Guérin, Delatour, 1759- 1765 and 1770. Set of 9 volumes in-12, marbled calf, ornate spine, (period binding). The 6 volumes of leçons de physique come from 3 editions and are complete with their 113 folding plates, including the frontispiece in volume one. The 3 volumes of l'art des expériences, in E.O., following on from the Leçons, are illustrated with 56 folding plates. The 9-volume set is rare and complete with 169 engravings showing experiments, instruments and laboratory or salon interiors. One endpaper missing from one volume, another volume with old restorations on the boards, 5 title-pieces missing. The volumes are in fine condition inside. ED