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[RENAUDOT, Thophraste, editor (1586-1653)]. Recueil general des questions traictees s conferences du Bureau d'Adresse, sur toutes sortes de matieres; par les plus beaux esprits de ce temps. Paris: J. Baptiste Loyson, 1656 [Vol. 2 dated 1655].
4 volumes, 8o (171 x 112 mm). (One leaf torn in second volume.) Contemporary vellum (one headband broken).
Reprints papers read at weekly public conferences at the Bureau d'Adresse which Renaudot conducted from the summer of 1633 until fall of 1642. "These conferences, in which as many as six speakers participated, offered a wide variety of intellectual fare to the French public; the topics, chosen by the public, ranged indiscriminately over the fields of philosophy, morality and conduct, science, and the fantastic" (Norman). This collection contains the first four volumes of the Recueil gnral, with reports of confrences held from the beginning of the series up to 10 June 1641. Norman 1823.
[With:]
Le Journal des savans. Edited by Denis de Sallo (1626-1669). Vols. I-II (5 January-30 March 1665 [complete]; and 4 January-20 December 1666). Paris: Jean Cusson, 1665-1666.
4o (221 x 164 mm). 2 folding engraved plates (one with a short tear), numerous engraved and woodcut illustrations in text. Contemporary calf gilt (joints cracked, worn).
FIRST EDITION of the earliest scholarly periodical. "Founded and edited by 'Sieur de Hdouville', pseudonym of Denis de Sallo, the Journal des Savans was 'the earliest scientific journal, ancestor of all its kind'" (Grolier/Horblit 95a). Norman 1183. (5)
4 volumes, 8
Reprints papers read at weekly public conferences at the Bureau d'Adresse which Renaudot conducted from the summer of 1633 until fall of 1642. "These conferences, in which as many as six speakers participated, offered a wide variety of intellectual fare to the French public; the topics, chosen by the public, ranged indiscriminately over the fields of philosophy, morality and conduct, science, and the fantastic" (Norman). This collection contains the first four volumes of the Recueil gnral, with reports of confrences held from the beginning of the series up to 10 June 1641. Norman 1823.
[With:]
Le Journal des savans. Edited by Denis de Sallo (1626-1669). Vols. I-II (5 January-30 March 1665 [complete]; and 4 January-20 December 1666). Paris: Jean Cusson, 1665-1666.
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FIRST EDITION of the earliest scholarly periodical. "Founded and edited by 'Sieur de Hdouville', pseudonym of Denis de Sallo, the Journal des Savans was 'the earliest scientific journal, ancestor of all its kind'" (Grolier/Horblit 95a). Norman 1183. (5)