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NOUVELLES RECREATIONS PHYSIQUES ET MATHEMATIQUES: contenant ce qui a été imaginé de plus curieux dans ce genre & ce qui se découvre journellement: auxquelles on a joint leurs causes, leurs effets, la maniere de les construire, & l'amusement qu'on en peut tirer pour étonner & surprendre agréablement
by GUYOT, Edme Gilles [attributed to]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- An 1816 French school presentation bookplate on the front pastedown of the first volume. Spine of first volume darkened by damps
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Paris: L'Auteur [Guyot] & Gueffier, 1772-1775. Second Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. An 1816 French school presentation bookplate on the front pastedown of the first volume. Spine of first volume darkened by dampstain and worn at head of spine and back cover, corners worn, volume label missing from Volume I; dampstains in Volume I, endleaves of Volume II slightly bent at edge, minor dampstains in Volumes II and III. Still, quite a nice set. Good. Eight parts bound into 4 octavo (5-1/4" x 8") volumes in contemporary half calf over paste-paper boards, spines gilt with gilt morocco lettered labels, decorative endpapers. Illustrated with 99 (all but 5 are Hand-Colored) full-page illustrations (3 folding) and 2 engraved tables. Guyot, 1706-1786, first published this famous compilation in 1769. It was a very popular collection of scientific and magical experiments and went through a number of editions, translated into several languages. This is apparently the second edition and is expanded with more material and plates than the first printing. At the end of each part is a price list for the purchase of the apparatus necessary for the demonstrations. HONEYMAN 1584.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020252
- Title
- NOUVELLES RECREATIONS PHYSIQUES ET MATHEMATIQUES: contenant ce qui a été imaginé de plus curieux dans ce genre & ce qui se découvre journellement: auxquelles on a joint leurs causes, leurs effets, la maniere de les construire, & l'amusement qu'on en peut tirer pour étonner & surprendre agréablement
- Author
- GUYOT, Edme Gilles [attributed to]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - An 1816 French school presentation bookplate on the front pastedown of the first volume. Spine of first volume darkened by damps
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Enlarged Edition
- Publisher
- L'Auteur [Guyot] & Gueffier
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1772-1775
- Keywords
- Magic, Hand-Colored Plates, Mathematics, Occult, Cards, Chess, Photography, Conjuring, Chemistry, Optics, Magnetism, Sleight of Hand, Science, Illustrated Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hand-Colored Plates; Mathematics; Magic;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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