11-17-201311-17-2013
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2687BBoston
November 17, 2013 11:00 AMCalender
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Science, Mathematics, and Philosophy, Four Volumes, 1650-1803.

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2687BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 17, 2013 11:00AM

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Science, Mathematics, and Philosophy, Four Volumes, 1650-1803. Rene Descartes's (1596-1650) Principia Philosopiae [and] Specimina Philosophiae: seu Dissertatio de Methodo, Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1650, quarto, numerous text illustrations, the two formerly bound together, now separated, lacking both boards;
Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belle Lettres, Berlin: Haude et Spener, 1752, quarto, illustrated with folding engravings, contemporary half-leather, front board stripped of covering material, contents toned;
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville's (1729-1811) Traite du Calcul Integral, Paris: Guerin & Delatour, 1754, first edition, quarto, folding plates, contemporary sponged calfskin, rodent damage to leather at head and foot of the spine;
Giuseppe Calandrelli (1749-1827) and Andrea Conti's (1777-1840) Opuscoli Astronomici, e Fisici [bound with] Eclisse Solare del di XI. Febbrajo MDCCCIV. Osservata nella Specola Astronomica dell' Universita Gregoriana nel Collegio Romano, Rome: Salomoni, 1803 [and 1804], large quarto, both titles with engraved vignette of the astronomy department building at the Collegio Romano, the first work with two folding plates and half-title present, ms. note bound into first work; contemporary half-leather, splitting along the joints, contents good, with limited light spotting and toning; these volumes not collated. (4)
Estimate $400-600


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Keywords

Rene Descartes, Amsterdam, Belle Lettres, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, Paris, Giuseppe Calandrelli, Andrea Conti