GUYOT, Nouvelles Récréations Physiques..., 1786
GUYOT, Edme-Gilles.
Nouvelles récréations physiques et mathématiques.
Paris, Gueffier, 1786.
Three volumes 8vo (200x127 mm), xv-(3)-375 pages and 32 plates / vii-410 pages and 48 plates /(4)-408-(3) pages and 22 plates. binding : Contemporary full sheep, spine in six compartments. Spines faded. Binding rubbed.
Third edition.
This book is one of the most complete and certainly the most beautifully illustrated works of popular science that developed in the late eighteenth century (Ozanam, Nollet, ...).
The first volume deals with mathematics, magnetism, and electricity. The second volume deals with geometry, optics, catoptrics, dioptrics, fire, air and water. The last volume is organized around the following themes: numbers, hand addresses and card tricks.
Price : 400 €