Author: HUYGENS, Chr.- Oeuvres.- Opera Varia.- 1724
Title: Opera Varia. Volumen Primum [Secundum]. Containing: the Vita, Opera Mechanica, Opera Geometrica, Geometrica Varia, Opera Astronomica, Varia de Optica, Experimenta Physica.
Description: Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Janssonios Vander Aa, Bibliopolas., 1724. Thick 4to. 4 vols. in 1. Title in red and black, Nice engr. vign. on printed title ['Audaces fortuna Juvat'], & 56 engr. folding plates. Very good contemp. full vellum, well bound, some light surface soiling of the covers. well-made head-bands. [...]. (.. pp.). (Throughout the paper stock w. some spots and light browning, as is usual for this edition. A few quires a bit more so, ... plates medium to heavy browning...., quires .... heavy browning. (All edges red.). First collected edition of Huygen's groundbreaking scientific works edited by Willem 's Gravesande, incorporating his work on the pendulum clock ['Horologium Oscillatorium', or. publ. 1673 Paris], the quadrature of the circle ['de circuli', 1654], his discovery of the rings of Saturn ['Systema Saturnium', 16...], his thoughts on life on other planets ['Cosmotheoros', 1699], his work on optics.

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