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Nouvelles Récréations Physiques et Mathématiques New Edition by M. Guyot, AN VII (1798-99), Tome Troisième.

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Nouvelles Récréations Physiques et Mathématiques New Edition by M. Guyot, AN VII (1798-99), Tome Troisième.

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Estim. 400 - 700 EUR

[prestidigitation] GUYOT (Edme-Gilles): Nouvelles récréations physiques et mathématiques. Paris, chez l'auteur & Gueffier, 1772-1775. 8 parts in 4 volumes. 12.5 by 20 cm. 179-(3); 200-(1)173-(2); 172-(3); 196-(3); 190-(2), 182-(2); 207-(1) pages. Contemporary full tortoiseshell calf, ornate smooth spine, black title-piece, red lettering, speckled edges. Minor flaws on 4 headpieces, a few dull corners, some light spotting, otherwise good condition of binding. 8 engravings have more or less pronounced foxing (a defect found in most copies). It is illustrated with 99 plates (including 3 fold-outs), almost all of them enhanced with color, plus an unnumbered two-sided alphabet plate (complete). Each volume contains a price list of the apparatus required for the experiments described, which were sold by the author. Enlarged second edition of this collection of scientific games, tricks and experiments, "infinitely more complete than any that have appeared since" (Caillet, no. 4900).

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OZANAM (Jacques): Récréations mathématiques et physiques qui contiennent plusieurs problèmes d'arithmétique, (...), de musique, d'optique, de gnomonique, (...) Avec un Traité des horloges élémentaires. Nouvelle édition revûe, corrigée & augmentée. Paris, Jombert, 1735. 4 volumes. 12 by 19.5 cm. (16)-460-(20) and 32 plates; (4)-462-(14) and 56 plates; (2)-482-(12) and 31 plates; (8)-446-(6) and 17 plates (complete). Contemporary full brown speckled calf, 5-rib spine, ornate bindings. Small leather chips on two spines and one headpiece, minor superficial blemishes on boards, not serious. Very good condition inside (endpapers missing from volume 1). The copy is complete with 136 plates. The book offers a playful approach to mathematics, with a number of entertaining problems and new calculation techniques such as "finger multiplication". This edition is considered the most relevant to date, and includes a treatise on elementary clocks by Domenico Martinelli, a long dissertation on perpetual lamps and, above all, "gibecière tricks" (Wikipedia).

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Estim. 20 - 30 EUR

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