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HARTSOEKER, NICOLAS. 1656-1725.
Recueil de plusieurs pieces de physique: où l'on fait principalement voir l'invalidité du système de Mr. Newton: et où se trouve, entre autres, une dissertation sur la peste.... Utrecht: Broedelet, 1722.

25 October 2022, 14:00 EDT
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HARTSOEKER, NICOLAS. 1656-1725.

Recueil de plusieurs pieces de physique: où l'on fait principalement voir l'invalidité du système de Mr. Newton: et où se trouve, entre autres, une dissertation sur la peste.... Utrecht: Broedelet, 1722.
12mo (132 x 78 mm). Woodcut scientific diagrams. Early vellum, later morocco title label, gilt. Minor soiling.

RARE COLLECTION OF HARTSOEKER PIECES, including the first publication in book form of his "Lettre a Monsieur Le Clerc" on the invalidity of Newton's system, as well as his dissertation on the plague, based on the 1720 French outbreak of bubonic plague.

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