MARIOTTE. OEUVRES... comprenant tous les traitez de cet aute - Lot 91

MARIOTTE. OEUVRES... comprenant tous les traitez de cet auteur, tant ceux qui avoient déjà paru séparément, que ceux qui n'avoient pas encore été publiés. La Haye, Jean Neaulme, 1740. 2 volumes in-4° of [10]-320-[4]- 321 to 494-2bl.-495 to 566 (ciphr. 600)-601 to 701-[35] pages speckled calf, ornate ribbed spine, red edges (period binding). First collective edition of the works; it is illustrated with 26 DEPLIANT PLATES and contains the following treatises, including the first-edition treatise on the Movement of Clocks: De la percussion (5 pl.) - On the Vegetation of Plants - On the Nature of Air - On Heat and Cold - On the Nature of Colors (8 pl.) - On the Movement of Water (11 pl.) - Rules for Water Jets - Discoveries Concerning Sight - Leveling - Movement of Pendulums (1 pl.) - Experiments Concerning Colors and Freezing - Essay on Logic (1 pl.). Light rings on first few leaves, otherwise a fine copy.