Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale. Worn condition. Cover heavily rubbed and scuffed. Boards weak. Indentation at lower text block edge impacting on content with noticeable creasing. 1786. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 270mm x 200mm 11" x 8". iv 536pp. Two plates of geometry facing pages 450 and 451. French text throughout. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . l'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale. Worn condition. Cover heavily rubbed and scuffed with binding string exposed at spine. Boards very weak. 1733. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 270mm x 200mm 11" x 8". vi 487pp. Frontis engraving. Two plates facing pages 263 and 411. French text throughout. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . l'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale. Worn condition. Cover heavily rubbed and scuffed. Front board very weak. Some browning to plates. 1729. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 270mm x 200mm 11" x 8". vi 441pp 430pp. Frontis engraving and five plates some musical and cartographic facing pages 30 192 296 336 and 404. French text throughout. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . l'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
Paris: de l'imprimerie Royale 1723. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 4to. pp. 6 108 324. Engraved frontispiece and 16 fold-out plates 3 of which are maps 2 maps of the Caspian Sea region and 1 map showing the retreat of the Greek Ten-Thousand from their expedition against Persia. Other plates contain botanical geometrical and mechanical illustrations. Occasional diagrams are also printed with the text. Re-backed preserving original mottled calf boards leather is well-worn rubbed and crackling but treated to prevent further deterioration; board edges are restored. Some of the gilt outer border on front and rear boards is restored. Interior is generally clean with some scattered light marginal foxing. Several pages show moderate toning / foxing. Occasional minor marginal chips; tiny marginal tear on frontis neatly sealed; 50 mm tear carefully sealed on one of the Caspian map plates. One plate edge overlaps the text block. Provenance: Appears to be the gilt coat of arms of John 2nd Duke of Montagu on both the front and the rear covers. The arms incorporate those of his wife Lady Mary Churchill daughter of Sir John Churchill the 1st Duke of Marlborough. Montague was a member of the Royal Society and Knight of the Garter. Photos on request. Library ticket on verso of front end paper. Annual publication of the French Academie Royale des Sciences for the year 1721. Includes articles on physics anatomy chemistry botany algebra geometry astronomy geography and mechanics by leading scientists of the time i.e. Jean Jacques Mairan Jacques Cassini Pierre Varignon Jacques Eugene de Louville Rene Antoine Reaumur Sebastien Vaillant and others. <br/> <br/> de l'imprimerie Royale hardcover
Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and edgeworn. Heraldic bookplate on pastedown. Text block tight with occasional foxing and browning. 1743. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 270mm x 200mm 11" x 8". iv 816pp. 5 plates facing pages 397 433 and 456. French text throughout. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . l'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Heraldic bookplate on pastedown. Ownership stamp on title page. Text block tight with occasional foxing. 1764. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 270mm x 200mm 11" x 8". iv 819pp. Five plates three folding facing pages 199 538 and 777. French text throughout. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . l'Imprimerie Royale hardcover