Traite Elementaire ou Principles de Physique Fondes sur les Connoissances les plus Certaines, tant Anciennes que Modernes, & Confirmes par l'Experience. Tome Troisieme
by Brisson, Mathurin-Jacques
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: Che Bossange, Masson & Besson, 1797. Second Edition. . Leather Bound. Good. Octavo. 426 pages. Hardcover bound in full leather with gilt tooling on the spine and with gilt ruling near the edges of the boards. The binding is worn but sound with secure hinges. There is a chip in the leather on the front cover The title page has two dates; one is 1797 and the other is "An. V" ("Anno V" for Year 5) for the French Republican date of the Napoleonic Era. Illustrated with 15 folding copperplate engravings. Text is toned and in some places quite browned. Text is in French. Volume 3 only.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045204
- Title
- Traite Elementaire ou Principles de Physique Fondes sur les Connoissances les plus Certaines, tant Anciennes que Modernes, & Confirmes par l'Experience. Tome Troisieme
- Author
- Brisson, Mathurin-Jacques
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Che Bossange, Masson & Besson
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1797
- Keywords
- 1797; Mathurin-Jacques Brisson; Physics; Physic; Physique; Engineering; Science; Leather Binding; Folding Copperplate Engravings; 18th Century; Rare; Collectible; French; French Republican Dating System.
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings; Physics;
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund if an item arrives mis-described or damaged. Buyer pays return shipping.
About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
This Book’s Categories
The Great Formosa Hoax
George Psalmanazar played a grand prank in 1703, pretending to be a resident of the island of Formosa. His book took London by storm. Learn more...
Learn about Bayntun-Rivière Binders
Are you enchanted by books clad in fine bindings? This is the gallery for you to peruse! Learn more about Bayntun, Rivière & Sons, and their combined work as Bayntun-Rivière.
