PAULIAN, Aimé-Henri. Dictionnaire de physique portatif, cont - Lot 496

PAULIAN, Aimé-Henri. Dictionnaire de physique portatif, contenant les découvertes les plus intéressantes de Descartes & de Newton, & les traités de mathématique nécessaires à ceux qui veulent étudier avec succès la physique moderne. Published in Avignon by Girard in 1755. In octavo / In-8 format. Brown marbled basane. Spine decorated with gilt fleurons, gilt title on burgundy leather. Red edges. Contemporary binding. XXIV-400-38 pages, with 6 folding plates of geometrical figures. Text in two columns. Binding rubbed, gilding faded, corners dulled. Paper browned, rare foxing and slight wetness in the corners of a few pages, handwritten annotations on the first endpaper. Second edition of this dictionary, an abridgement of the Dictionnaire de Physique by the same author. In it, Paulian (1722-1801) presents the discoveries and theories of modern physics, while integrating elements of mathematics necessary for understanding this discipline. Restored copy, in fairly good condition.