Marivetz. Physique du Monde. Seven 4to
MARIVETZ, Baron E.Cl. de || GOUSSIER, L.J.
Physique du monde.
Paris, Quillau, 1780-87.
750 €
Five parts in seven 4to (244x193 mm), (12)-cxxxii-248 / 318-(8)-(2)-210 / (8)-24-392 / (16)-554 / (4)-iv-(4)-xv-(1 bl.)-8-65-(1 bl.)-92-344-(4) / xxxi-(1 bl.)-468 / xxiv-398-(1)-(1 bl.) pages and one folding plate on volume 5. Gathering Ll (p. 249 to 256) of volume 6 is bound twice.
binding: Contemporary quarter sheep, spine in six compartments, title and volume number in gilt on lettering-pieces, red edges, marbled endpapers.
Minor marginal foxing, a few light waterstains on part 1. Covers very rubbed, four caps worn.
First edition.
Five parts in seven volumes, the fifth is in three parts.
In addition there should be four supplement booklets and 20 color plates that are missing in our copy.
The first volume contains the cosmogony and review of various systems of the earth; the second is on the sky; the third treats on the theory of the planets and the light; the fourth is on the theory of color and vision ; and the fifth, a treaty of fire, the history of chemistry.
