NOLLET, Jean-Antoine. Leçons de Physique Expérimentale. - Lot 234

NOLLET, Jean-Antoine. Leçons de Physique Expérimentale. Paris, Durand, 1771. 6 volumes in 6 vols. of In-12 format. Marbled lavalier calf. Spine ribbed and decorated with gilt fleurons and small irons. Gilt fillet at the edges. Mottled midnight blue edges. CVIII+379, IV+488, 512, 535, VI+592, IV+524 pages, a frontispiece and 116 folding plates. Small loss at the top of volume V, nerves and edges rubbed, some spotting to boards, about fifteen plates badly folded or a little frayed. An impressive physics treatise of the period, richly illustrated with 116 copper engravings out of text and fold-outs, of great finesse. Complete and in a charming homogeneous binding, it provides a vast panorama of the state of the physical sciences at mid-century. A fine piece.