1688 Rare French Book - Scientists' Journal for year 1688 - Including graph of Terrestrial Gravity.
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Author: Various & Henri Basnage de Beauval (editor).
Title: Histoire des ouvrages des Scavans pour Janvier- Fevrier - Mars - Avril 1688.
Language: Text in French.
Publisher: A Rotterdam, Chez Reinier Leers, 1688. Complete for the months of January, February, March, and April 1688. First thus.
Size: 5.5 " X 3 ".
Pages: 551 pages + index.
Binding: Very good original full calf leather binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright and tight, some light foxing and staining - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with a full-page illustration on Fluid statics or hydrostatics and a folding illustration of Terrestrial Gravity.
The book: Rare and attractive French 17th-century edition of this Scientists' Journal for the year 1688 including a full-page illustration on Fluid statics or hydrostatics and a folding illustration of Terrestrial Gravity.
The author: Henri Basnage de Beauval (7 August 1657 – 29 May 1710) was a French Huguenot historian and lexicographer, known also as a journal editor.