Apr 03, 2014 - Sale 2343

Sale 2343 - Lot 22

Price Realized: $ 179
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
BIOT, JEAN-BAPTISTE. Traité de Physique Expérimentale et Mathématique. 22 folding engraved plates; 5 folding tables. [4], lxvi, 538, [2]; [4], 551, [1]; [4], 514, [2]; [4], 780, [1] pages, including half-titles, and errata leaf at end of Volumes 1, 3, and 4. 4 volumes. 8vo, 198x126 mm, contemporary 1/4 calf gilt, Volume 4 rear joint cracked, other joints starting; scattered foxing. Paris: Deterville, 1816

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first edition. "A comprehensive account of contemporary physics, including not only recent original research by himself (e. g., on polarization) but also the recent and often unpublished work of his associates, particularly Laplace, Gay-Lussac, and Dulong"--DSB II, 134. Bibliotheca Mechanica, pages 38-39.