Author: MUSSCHENBROEK Petrus van ( Pierre ) :
Title: Essai de Physique par Mr. Pierre van Musschenbroek....avec une Description de nouvelles sortes de Machines Pneumatiques, et un Recueil d'expériences par Mr. J.V.M. Traduit du Hollandois par Maitre Pierre Massuet. Tôme I (Tôme II) (2 vols.)
Description: .: Leyden ( Leiden ) , chez Samuel Luchtmans, 1739, 2 vols in - 4°, engraved frontispiece portrait (upper margin shaved by binder) + title printed in red and black + xxv pp + (3)nn pp (table) + 502 pp ; title + (1)(dedication) + (1)(bl) + pp 501 - 914 pp + 29 folding engraved plates + (27)nn pp (index) + (1)(bl) + subtitle (Machines Pneumatiques) + 63 pp + 4 folding engraved plates; bound between pp. 16 and 17; Liste de Diverses machines de Physique...qui se trouvent chez Jean van Musschenbroek à Leyden (8 pp) +( 2)nn pp ( errata) + (2)nn pp (privilage) (complete). Bound in uniform contemporary full mottled calf, gilt raised spines, red leather title label, edges painted red. Binding with some traces of use but still in fine shape. Interior fine although there are some large worm galleries in volume II, affecting however only the margins; ca. 15 lvs , marginally, at the beginning (pp. 507-533) and ca. 20 lvs, tiny worming in upper margin (pp. 747-785) ; ca. 25 lvs, gallery in margin upper right corner (pp. 885-914) ; ca. 40 lvs upper margin, some worming in the text (index), not interfering with legibility however (index pages). Nothwithstanding this worming still a fine/good copy of a rare and interesting book. .

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