Sold for:
$6,000
$6,000
Cherubin D'Orleans, Le Pere [Michel de Lassere] (1613-1697) La Dioptrique Oculaire . Paris: Jolly & Bernard, 1671. Folio, engraved title by Eddelink after Le Pautre, with sixty engraved illustrations, some folding, bound in full contemporary red morocco, a.e.g., marbled endleaves, water damaged, back board warped, discolored, text also waterstained. This work on optics covers microscopes, telescopes, cameras obscura, and the effects that can be achieved by combining different lenses.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
