SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Joseph-Aignan. Élémens de Physique théorique et expérimentale, pour servir de suite à la description & l'usage d'un cabinet de physique expérimentale. 1777.
SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Joseph-Aignan.
Élémens de Physique théorique et expérimentale, pour servir de suite à la description & l'usage d'un cabinet de physique expérimentale.
Paris, P. Fr. Gueffier, 1777.
Four 8vo (193x123 mm), frontispiece, (4)-xxxii-635 pages and 7 plates / (4)-567 pages and 10 plates / (4)-576 pages and 4 plates / (4)-622 pages and 4 plates. binding : Contemporary full mottled sheep, spine gilt in six compartments, title in gilt on lettering-piece, red edges. Corners chipped. Stain on p.16.
First edition
Sigaud de La Fond (1730-1810) was a French physicist and teacher who was, with his master Nollet, one of the promoters of experimental Physics and his teaching, notably by creating the first "physics cabinets".
Very good copy.
Price : 650 €