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ROHAULT, Jacques (1620-1675). Traitè de physique. Paris: Charles Savreux, 1671.
2 volumes in one, 4o (245 x 175 mm). 3 folding plates tipped to outer edges of pages, diagrams in text. (Some occasional browning.) Contemporary speckled calf, gilt edges (rebacked, preserving original spine, spine ends chipped with some loss, joints cracked). Provenance: early inscription on front pastedown; Cyril Stanley Smith (signature and date "1951" on front pastedown).
FIRST EDITION of Rohault's most important work, which became the era's leading textbook on natural philosophy.
2 volumes in one, 4
FIRST EDITION of Rohault's most important work, which became the era's leading textbook on natural philosophy.