Sold for:
$540
$540
Musschenbroek, Pierre Van (1692-1761) Essai de Physique . Leiden: Luchtmans, 1751. Two large quarto volumes, second edition, engraved portrait in volume one, illustrated with thirty-three folding engraved plates, generally clean, bound in uniform intact 17th century sponge-decorated French calfskin, spines tooled in gold, some wear. Musschenbroek was interested in electricity, the vacuum, optics, sound, and light, and he was an instrument-maker. The plates include illustrations of his tools.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18