Mathurin-Jacques Brisson - Traité élémentaire ou Principes de Physique - 1803

A superb three-volume set enriched with about 46 folding plates of this methodical synthesis of the physical knowledge of the late eighteenth century, intended to present in a clear and orderly way the fundamental laws of nature -

This edition embodies the spirit of the Enlightenment, a period when science sought to structure itself around rational, experimental, and universal principles. Brisson develops the physical phenomena there according to a pedagogical approach, linking theory and observation in order to form the reader's scientific mindset -

It delves into specific areas of physics such as mechanics, optics, acoustics, heat, electricity, or magnetism, according to the organization adopted throughout the treatise -

The author presents the natural laws with precision, drawing on the major discoveries of the scholars of his time and on the Newtonian heritage that then dominated European scientific thought -

Mathurin-Jacques Brisson - Elementary Treatise or Principles of Physics - 1803 - Volumes I, II and III - Bossange, Masson and Besson - CIV-352-419-476 Pages.

Good condition of bindings, volumes in their brown half-leather with antique corners, wear from use, corners of the binding worn, spine slightly worn and cracked, marbled edges, smooth spine adorned with gold fillets, gold titles and tomes on a morocco panel –

Good interior condition, some foxing, volumes enriched with about 46 folding plates, ex-libris label in volume 1 'Mr. Sirejean Pharm' and manuscript ex-libris 'Macé', grade pages in acceptable condition –

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