Gamaches, Etienne Simon de | Astronomie physique, ou principes généraux de la nature... Paris, 1740, first edition

(Newtoniana) — Etienne Simon de Gamaches

Astronomie physique; ou, principes generaux de la nature. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1740

First edition.

“Gamaches was a member of the French Royal Academy of Science and here gives nine dissertations on the Nature and Laws of Movement, the Principles of the Philosophy of Newton, the Theory of the Planets, etc., and a clarification of relative movement and Newtonian attraction” (Babson).

4to (242 x 185 mm). 22 folding engraved plates, foliated initials, woodcut vignettes; title soiled, marginal dampstaining throughout, leaves lightly toned, a few spots. Contemporary calf; worn, boards and free endpaper detached, joints cracked.

REFERENCES

Babson 63; Gray 77; Wallis 77

PROVENANCE

Robert S. Dunham (acquired from T. Heller; Sotheby's New York, 11 December 1993, lot 738)