Boucher d'Argis - Variétés historiques, physiques et littéraires, ou Recherches d'un scavant - 1752

Paris, Nyon and Guillyn, 1752,
Four parts in two octavo volumes, [4]-599[3], [4]-522-II, (each volume comprises two parts in continuous pagination, full morocco backed calf of the period, spine with 5 raised bands decorated with gilt compartments, title pages and volume numbers in red morocco, red edges, minor defects at the headpieces and guards. A rare work by this writer, a Paris alderman, collaborator of the Encyclopédie méthodique. Includes among others: Explanation of the word «bigre». Of the oddities of fashions and usages. Of instrumental music. Historical dissertation on manufactories. What is meant by a chronograph. A singular ceremony that is held every year in Paris, Rue aux Ours. Dissertation on the origin of paper and stamped parchment. La Porte Othomane, explanation of this term. Remark on Genabum, Origin of the sundial, Of judicial astrology, etc..... Fine copy