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478 - SIGAUD de LA FOND: Essay on Various Types of Air, Known as “Fixed Air,” to Serve as a Sequel and Supplement to the Elements of Physics by the Same Author. Paris: Gueffier, 1779. 8vo: [8]-xvi-400 pp.; 5 pl. (occ. slight spotting). Contemporary marbled sheepskin, gilt-ornamented flat spine with red leather title label, red edges (rubbed, some slight damage on caps and squares). First edition, complete with 5 engraved fold-out plates depicting various devices. Sigaud de La Fond (1730–1810), a follower of Abbé Nollet, was a teacher at the Collège Louis le Grand and a pioneer in the field of experimental physics. Some of his work, along with that of Macquer, inspired Lavoisier’s research. Ref. Duveen 550. - Not in the Bibl. Walleriana.
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SIGAUD de LA FOND: Essay on Various Types of Air, Known as “Fixed Air,” to Serve as a Sequel and Supplement to the Elements of Physics by the Same Author. Paris: Gueffier, 1779. 8vo: [8]-xvi-400 pp.; 5 pl. (occ. slight spotting). Contemporary marbled sheepskin, gilt-ornamented flat spine with red leather title label, red edges (rubbed, some slight damage on caps and squares). First edition, complete with 5 engraved fold-out plates depicting various devices. Sigaud de La Fond (1730–1810), a follower of Abbé Nollet, was a teacher at the Collège Louis le Grand and a pioneer in the field of experimental physics. Some of his work, along with that of Macquer, inspired Lavoisier’s research. Ref. Duveen 550. - Not in the Bibl. Walleriana.
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