[Binding with coat of arms]. MAIRAN (Jean-Jacques Dortous de - Lot 84

[Binding with coat of arms]. MAIRAN (Jean-Jacques Dortous de). Dissertation sur la glace, ou explication physique de la formation de la Glace, et de ses divers phénomènes. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1749. In-12, XXIX p., [5] f. (table), 384-XX p., contemporary marbled calf, ornate smooth spine, morocco title-piece, triple gilt fillet framing the armorial boards, gilt edges (minor defects). First illustrated edition, containing a frontispiece and 5 folding plates. This is the best edition of this dissertation on the phenomenon of crystallization, which the author explains in terms of Cartesian principles. A copy bearing the arms of the Duc d'Aumont (Franche-Comté), Pair de France, Chevalier du Saint-Esprit, Lieutenant-General, Governor of the city and castle of Compiègne, Boulogne and Boulonnais and Grand Bailli of Montreuil and Chauny (O.H.R., pl. 364). (Brunet, 4298).