NOLLET (Jean-Antoine). Leçons de physique expérimentale. Par - Lot 140

NOLLET (Jean-Antoine). Leçons de physique expérimentale. Paris, chez les frères Guérin, 1749-1753-1765. 6 volumes in-8, marbled calf, spine with 5 ornate nerves, red and brown morocco title-pieces, red edges (for vols. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6), red and green morocco title-pieces, marbled edges (for vol. 4). (Overall, some freckling, a few browned plates and stains. Pl. 1 "Lesson 3" slightly creased, corner torn off p. 137 vol. 2, small marginal wormhole on q. f. of vol. 5). Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved by Moreau and 116 copper-engraved folding plates by Dheulland and Brunet depicting the physics instruments and apparatus used by Abbé Nollet during his public lessons. Jean-Antoine Nollet, known as l'abbé Nollet (1700-1770), was professor of experimental physics at the Collège de Navarre and the Ecoles d'artillerie et du génie, and professor of physics at the Dauphin. He is the author of several works, often reprinted. Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in 3rd edition, volume 6 in 2nd edition. A collection of 21 lessons (4+4+3+3+4), each illustrated with several plates. These lessons, given publicly by Abbé Nollet, were very popular at the time. (Quérard VI, 444).