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FONTENELLE, BERNARD LE BOVIER DE; et al. The Lives of the French, Italian and German Philosophers, late members of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris. Together with Abstractsof Some of the Choicest Pieces, communicated by them to that illustrious Society. Edited by John Chamberlayne. [16], xxxv, [1], 464, [4] pages, including 2 ad leaves at end. 8vo, contemporary calf, binding broken; contents toned with occasional foxing. London: W. Innys, 1717
first edition in english of a selection of Fontenelle's Éloges, "an astonishing--and occasionally unique--source of biographical information on the scientists of the epoch" (DSB), and abstracts of papers from the Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.
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