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1756 SCIENCE French Academy Anatomy Chemistry Astronomy

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1756 SCIENCE French Academy Anatomy Chemistry Astronomy

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1756 SCIENCE French Academy Anatomy Chemistry Astronomy Mechanics Engravings

The French Academy of Sciences was a famous 17th-century society which was designed under the hand of Louis XIV to encourage and promote scientific research in Paris. In the 18th-century, the Academy of Sciences published an extensive history of science, a treatise with articles on math, geography, physical sciences, architecture, astronomy, medicine, and many other bits of research from 1747. This 1756, three-volume edition features impressive full-page, folding engravings and maps.

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Acadamie des Sciences

Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences année 1747

A Amsterdam: chez Schreuder, Mortier, 1756.

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes

Vol. I – [16], 208; 218

6 folding plates

Vol. II – [3], 220-656

11 engraved plates

Vol. III – [3], 660-1092

7 engraved plates

Language: French

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~ 6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)

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