Apr 28, 2005 - Sale 2040

Sale 2040 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 345
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
DESAGULIERS, JOHN THEOPHILUS. A Course of Experimental Philosophy . . . Third Edition Corrected. 78 folding engraved plates. 2 volumes. 4to, contemporary calf gilt with red and black morocco lettering pieces, spines chipped at top, joints cracked, cords intact, cover corners bumped and worn through; some plates offset, last 2 leaves of Volume 1 index bound between pages 152 and 153, upper outer corner of Volume 2 opening leaves dog-eared, with puncture not affecting text or images. London: A. Millar, 1763

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First published in 1734-44, a collection of lectures chiefly on practical mechanics, popularizing Newtonian ideas. Bibliotheca Mechanica, pages 90-91; DSB IV, 45.