De motu impresso a motore translato. Epistolae duae

by Pierre Gassendi

$29,500 · Offered by Martayan Lan

First edition

Extremely rare first edition of Pierre Gassendi’s (1592-1655) important illustrated treatise on inertial mechanics. Written in the form of two letters addressed to the scholar and keeper of the king’s library Pierre Depuy (1582-1651), the De motu impresso “contains the first precise published formulation of the principle of inertia” as..... More

• Binding: Leather

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