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0666048703.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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1737AA1038The Hague La Haye: Van Der Kloot 1737. Very Good. Bernard de Fontenelle was a 17th-century French scholar most known for his work 'Plurality of Worlds'; however his contributions to the scientific community are lasting beyond 'Plurality' One of his notable works was 'Eloges de Academiciens' or 'Praise of Scientists'; a work in which Fontenelle brought the scientific community to the common man This book is a collection of biographical sketches on notable scientists highlighting their discoveries and theories<br /> Notable entries include:<br /> Czar Peter the Great<br /> Antoine Parent<br /> Gottfried Leibniz<br /> Jacques Ozanam<br /> Isaac Newton<br /> This set also has a second work bound into Vol 2 Liste de Messieurs de L'academie Royale des Sciences 1737 124 pp which is a listing of all of the members of the French Royal Academy of Sciences between 1666 and 1733 I cannot find a current offering of this work anywhere on the Internet <br /> Both volumes are bound in full leather with gilt titles and ornate designs on the spines including five raised bands There is some wear at the spine ends with minor chipping but overall both volumes are very good with tight sound bindings newer replacement marbled endpapers They are NOT ex-lib and have no marks or damage to the text at all just some slight foxing 346 355124 pp. Van Der Kloot unknown
1929887P25London: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". T. L. Poulton. A Nonesuch limited edition of the important Enlightenment scientific work by Bernard de Fontenelle a smart work in the original slipcase. A limited edition work limited to 1600 copies for sale by the Nonesuch Press of which this is numbered 1108. In the original publisher's limp vellum wraps in the original publisher's decorative slipcase in a very good condition.A popular early science work on cosmic pluralism a fascinating work on astronomy.This was Fontenelle's most famous work first published in France in 1686 and indeed was one of the first major works of the Age of Enlightenment.Fontenelle is known for his accessible treatment of scientific subjects during the beginnings of the Age of Enlightenment.This edition uses the 1688 translation by John Glanvill.Colour-stencilled decorations throughout by T. L. Poulton. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press to design the books but had them printed by commercial printers. In doing so books with the quality of a fine-press were produced but available to a wider audience at lower prices. In the original publisher's vellum wraps. Externally generally smart with light discolouration as is usual with a vellum binding. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase is a little worn with rubbing to the extremities in a very good condition. Very Good Indeed The Nonesuch Press hardcover
19296000536Nonesuch Press 1929. Softcover. Good/No jacket. Vellum covers. Front hinge broken. #723/1200cc. Nonesuch Press unknown
0364798769.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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0666004870.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
17941202220028A Paris : publisher not identified IIIe Année Républicaine between 1794 and 1795 1794. Hardcover. Good. French Republican Imprint: Popular Science 12mo. Printed in III Annee Republicaine. Fully bound in French mottled calf. Gilt embossed border. Minor scuffs to covers. Gilt spine. Hand-penned spine label. Yellow marbled end papers. Bookbinders label on inside front cover. Interior pages are clean unmarked and in excellent condition. Frontispiece illustration showing Copernican solar system. viii 188pp. <br><br> One of the first major works of the Age of Enlightenment. This book offered an explanation of the heliocentric model of the Universe suggested by Copernicus in his 1543 work De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds. A Paris : [publisher not identified], IIIe Année Républicaine [between 1794 and 1795] hardcover
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174469229à La Haye The Hague: Chez Pierre Gosse 1744. Fine. Chez Pierre Gosse à La Haye The Hague 1744 10 x 17 cm relié First edition illustrated with a captioned and unsigned frontispiece and a title vignette bearing the motto on a banderole: Illuminat et foecundat. Title page in red and black. Dutch binding in full brown morocco of the period. Spine with raised bands decorated with compartments tooled in blind. Brown morocco title-label tooled in blind. Some rubbing. Half-title and frontispiece partially detached. Handsome copy. Fontenelle's maxims and thoughts are grouped under different themes: Man happiness on literary matters on different sciences. Chez Pierre Gosse hardcover
026793338X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1391578996.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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0267343302.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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121614London The Nonesuch Press 1929. . Number 1030 of 1600 limited edition copies printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press; 8vo 21 x 13.5 cm; numbered in pen to limitation page colour-stencilled decorations by T.L. Poulton; publisher's japanese vellum gilt device to upper cover spine lettered in gilt top-edge gilt others uncut small stain to rear cover housed in the original paper-covered card slipcase printed in gold on a blue-green ground a lovely example; ix 1 138 2pp.<br /> An excellent example of the Nonesuch Press edition of this important Enlightenment work by the French philosopher Bernard de Fontenelle here appearing in English translation with colour-stencilled illustrations by T.L. Poulton.<br /><br />The text popularised the theory of cosmic pluralism derived from Descartes and Copernicus that there are other planets in addition to Earth which could harbour life.<br /> [London], The Nonesuch Press, 1929. hardcover
1695AQ26436London: Printed for R. Bently 1695. 12 152pp. Without initial two blank leaves. Contemporary blind-tooled mottled calf. Lightly rubbed and marked some loss to head of spine. Without pastedowns later armorial bookplate of John Jones of Llanarth Court Monmouthshire to verso of upper board small worm-track to foot of text-block touching text in places. The second English edition translated by poet John Glanvill 1663/4-1735 of Fontenelle's popular cosmographical discourse; an early and significant Enlightenment work and the first example in French of a learned work directed at an educated but non-specialised public. First published in 1686 the book was promptly translated to numerous languages with the first edition in English appearing in 1687. ESTC R212866 Wing F1417. Second edition. 12mo. Printed, for R. Bently unknown
