Physik - - Gravesande, Wilhelm Jacob van. Physices elementa mathematica, experimentis confirmata;

Physik - - Gravesande, Wilhelm Jacob van. Physices elementa mathematica, experimentis confirmata; sive introductio ad philosophiam Newtonianam. Editio quarta. 2 Bände. {Mit 127 gestochenen Tafeln.} Genf, Henri-Albert Gosse, 1748. 2 Bl., LXXXII S., 1 Bl., 572 S.; Titel, S. 573-1073, 21 Bl. 26 x 20 cm. Ganzlederbände der Zeit mit rotem Rückenschild und reicher Rückenvergoldung (etwas beschabt, Rücken mit Wurmgängen, Kapital von Band 2 restauriert). Seltene reich illustrierte Genfer Ausgabe von Gravesande's Hauptwerk. - Ebert I, 705 - vgl. Gray 82 und Poggendorff I, 944. - "The scientific reputation of G. is enshrined in this book, which he constantly corrected and amplified" (DSB V, 510). - "The author ... a Dutch mathematician and philosopher, credited with the invention of the first heliostat ... was a friend of Newton and introduced Newtonian philosophy into Leiden" (Babson 65, zur Ausgabe 1728). - Nur teilweise leicht gebräunt. Gutes Exemplar, dekorativ gebunden. Richly illustrated Geneva-edition. - 2 volumes. With 127 engr. plates. Contemp. full calf, richly gilt (slightly rubbed, wormholes to spines, top of spine of vol. 2 restored). - Occasionally slightly browned. A very good copy in a decorative binding.