Oct 11, 2001 - Sale 1908

Sale 1908 - Lot 183

Price Realized: $ 316
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
LA CAILLE, NICOLAS-LOUIS DE. Leçons Élémentaires d'Optique . . . Nouvelle Édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée.<> 12 folding engraved plates. iv, 204 pages. 8vo, modern boards; uncut. Paris: H.-L. Guérin & L.-F. Delatour, 1764

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Textbook of basic optics first published in 1750. "Leçons Élémentaires was translated into Latin and went through at least five editions during the eighteenth century. It discusses the principles and properties of light, vision, color, and perspective; the laws of dioptrics and catoptrics; as well as the theory of telescopes and microscopes"--Becker 221.1 (original edition).<