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NEWTON, Traité d'optique..., 1720
NEWTON, Isaac.
Traité d'optique sur les réflexions, réfractions, inflexions et les couleurs de la lumière.
Amsterdam, Humbert, 1720.
Two parts in one volume 12mo (160x96 mm), xv-(1bl.)-583-(1bl.)-(16) pages and 12 folding plates. binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt spine in six compartments. Caps worn.
First french edition.
Work in which Newton sets forth his theory of light, the study of refraction and diffraction of light. It notably includes his famous experiments on the decomposition of light through a prism, establishing that white light is composed of a multitude of colours.
references: Babson [139 : "First french edition. Coste, the translator, spent many years in England, where he fled on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and where he became intimate with Locke. His translations were of durable service and helped to introduce english thought to the French of the XVIIIth century"].
provenance: Stamp "Lemery".
Price : 1500 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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