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[MANUSCRIT] DE LA RUE, Physica particularis, 1733
HAMELIN, Gabriel || DE LA RUE.
Physica particularis.
[Caen], s.n., 1733.
8vo (185x145 mm), 448 pages and 20 plates (including 3 handdrawed). binding : Contemporary full sheep, gilt spine in six compartments. Binding entirely rubbed, with small lacks of leather. Caps worn. Blank leaves cut at the end.
Physics course given in Caen during the year 1733 at the Colleges of Arts by Professor De La Rue.
The manuscript is embellished with printed engravings and hand drawings, illustrating in particular the different cosmological models (Ptolemy, Copernicus, Descartes, etc.)
The writer is Gabriel François Hamelin de Préfosse (1713-1776) who was a doctor of medicine at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.
Price : 900 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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