La Dame D’Esprit

New York: Viking. Hardcover. 2006. 1st Edition. 8vo 376pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet (1706-1749) was a French mathematician, physicist, and author during the Age of Enlightenment. Her crowning achievement is considered to be her translation and commentary on Isaac Newton's work Principia Mathematica. The translation, published ten years… Read more about this item

New York: Viking; Penguin, 2006. viii, 376 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "The scintillating life of the most brilliant woman of the French Enlightenment, the lover of Voltaire and translator of Newton. Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil was born to the highest circles of the French… Read more about this item

Viking, 2006. Hardcover. Good. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight/ pages clean/ D.J. not price clipped; creased; moderate edge wear/ several pages and page tips creased/ corners and spine bumped/ black mark on bottom of book

(New York):: Viking, 2006., 2006. Cover half-title: From a life of frivolity to a life of the mind. 8vo. viii, 376 pp. Plates, index. Cloth, dust-jacket. Fine. ISBN: 0670038008 Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Chatelet (1706 – 1749), French mathematician, physicist, and author. Voltaire was one of her lovers. She also translated Newton's Principia.

New York: Viking Press, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. Small name plate in front. 176pp. Notes. Biblio. Index. Plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

Viking, 2006. 1st Ed. New book without jacket. Illustrated.. Hard Cover. Like New/No Jacket.

New York: Viking. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0670038008 . 378 pp. Spine bumped. Jacket has edgewear, small dents on rear. The life of Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, patron, mistress, and intellectual companion of Voltaire for 15 years. But she was much more that that single relationship. She was an intellectual… Read more about this item