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LIBES, Antoine. Histoire Philosophique des Progres de la Physique, Paris and The Hague: Courcier, 1810-13, 4 volumes in 2, 8° (some browning), mixed bindings of later half vellum and calf-backed boards (the latter exceedingly worn) [Brunet VI, 222] -- Louis Guillaume de LA FOLIE. Le Philosophe sans Prétention ou L'homme rare, Paris: chez Clousier, 1775, 8°, engraved title vignette, plate and headpiece (lacking frontispiece, stamps), later half morocco (worn); together with Cuvier's Rapport Historique sur les Progrès des Sciences Naturelles depuis 1789 (1810) and the same author's Histoire des Progres des Sciences Naturelles (1826-28, 4 volumes in 2). Provenance: I. & II. JCL; III. Berlin Collection (6)