Oct 16, 2018 - Sale 2488
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Sale 2488 - Lot 185

Price Realized: $ 531
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
GUYOT, EDMÉ-GILLES. Nouvelles Récréations Physiques et Mathématiques . . . Troisième Édition. 32+ engraved plates. [2], xv, [1], 375, [1]; vii, [1], 410; [4], 408, [3] pages, including half-titles. 3 volumes. 8vo, 196x121 mm, contemporary 1/2 sheep gilt, spine ends and Volume 2 lettering piece chipped; light offsetting from plates, occasional toning, some browning of plates and spotting on text leaves in Volumes 2 and 3. Paris: Gueffier, 1786
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Popular work on recreational mathematics and science originally published in 1769-70, covering experiments on magnetism and electricity in the first volume; optics in the second; and number games, chess, cards, slight of hand, and cryptography in the third.