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LOT 8:
PASCAL (Blaise). TRAITEZ de l' Equilibre des Liqueurs, et de la Pesanteur de la Masse de l' Air. Paris. 1663.
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Sold for: €3,200
Start price:
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Estimated price :
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PASCAL (Blaise). TRAITEZ de l' Equilibre des Liqueurs, et de la Pesanteur de la Masse de l' Air. Paris. 1663.
PASCAL (Blaise)
TRAITEZ de l' Equilibre des Liqueurs, et de la Pesanteur de la Masse de l' Air. Contenant l' Explication des Causes de Divers Effects de la Nature qui n' avoient point esté bien connus jusques ici & particulierement et de ceux qu l' on avait attribuez l' horreur du vuide. Paris: Chez guillaume Desprez, 1663.
ã12, ẽ2, A-K12; [28], 232, [2] pp., 2 grav.; 145 mm. Full red maroco; gilted edges.
First edition, published posthumously, of one of Blaise Pascal's most important works. The work was edited by his nephew Etienne Périer and the physicist Rohault. Divided into two parts, it is dedicated to the laws of hydrostatics and the demonstration and description of the various effects of air weight. Rare, important and valuable.
