Histoire de l’Acadmie Royale des Sciences

by Royal Academy Of Sciences

$4,500 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

Paris: de L’Imprimerie Royale, 1722; 1731; 1740. Three volumes. 4to. viii , 146, 379; viii , 111, 1 , 524; viii , 111, 1 , 631 pp. Complete with errata’s and original blank leaves, two of three finely engraved frontispieces, chapter vignettes, ornamental head and tail pieces and 82 folding plates. Full mottled calf, rebacked, the corners a bit worn. Interior is lightly toned with some browning on the preliminaries and last leaves. Generally, this

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