Nouvelles Observations et Conjectures sur l'Iris

by Marin Cureau De La Chambre

$2,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

First edition

Contemporary mottled calf, expertly rebacked to style, spine gilt with raised bands, red morocco lettering piece Rare first edition of an important work of optics and the musical nature of the refraction of color. La Chambre, a protégé of Cardinal de Richelieu, served as physician to Chancellor Seguier and Louis XIII, and entered the Academie Royale in 1666. The present work was instrumental in the development of French mathematician Pierre de

• Binding: Leather

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