Robert Smith - Traité d'optique. Traduit de l'anglais et considérablement augmenté - 1767

In 4°, bound in full contemporary leather, spine with raised bands (old repair to the upper cap) with rich ornaments to the compartments of the spine, red edges, pp. XIII-(3)-739-(3). Accompanied by 67 plates engraved in copper throughout. Some slight marginal browning, headpiece and endpieces finely engraved. Besides the general theory of optics, the first work contains its application to geometry and computation and the description of the methods for cutting lenses. Magnificent work by Smith, professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy at Cambridge. (Cf. Graesse, VI, 424).