J. B. Biot - Traité de physique expérimentale et mathématique Paris, Deterville, 1816 – Édition originale – Tomes - 1816

Jean-Baptiste BIOT (1774–1862)
Treatise of Experimental and Mathematical Physics
Paris, Deterville, 1816 – Original edition – Volumes I and II
Fine set of two volumes from the original edition of the famous scientific treatise by Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, mathematician and astronomer, member of the Academy of sciences and professor at the Collège de France.
Published in 1816, this work constitutes an important testimony to the evolution of experimental and mathematical physics at the beginning of the 19th century.
Biot was notably one of the great French savants of his era, renowned for his work on optics, polarization of light, magnetism and the physical properties of matter.
Bibliographic description:
• Author: Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774–1862)
• Title: Treatise of Experimental and Mathematical Physics
• Publisher: Deterville, bookseller, rue Hautefeuille, Paris
• Year: 1816
• Edition: original
• Offered volumes: volumes I and II of the four volumes published
• Language: French
• Bindings: mid-brown half-leather of the period, marbled paper boards, spine adorned with filer lines and decorative motifs, green title and volume labels
Illustrations and content:
The two volumes offered are complete with their text and their plates and folding tables.
They include notably large engraved plates representing measuring instruments and experimental physics devices, as well as folding scientific tables devoted to the physical properties of bodies, the expansion of metals and glass, and experimental measurements.
These illustrations constitute a remarkable testimony to scientific instrumentation at the beginning of the 19th century.
Condition:
Good overall condition for a set over two centuries old.
Period bindings showing rubbing and signs of use, notably on the spines, headbands and corners.
Interior generally well preserved, with some foxing, browning and small signs of time.
Large engraved plates and folding tables present, with old creases.
The two volumes are complete individually. They are volumes I and II of a work originally published in four volumes.
Bibliophilic interest:
Original edition of a major French physics treatise from the early 19th century.
An interesting set for collectors of ancient scientific books, history of science, physics, mathematics and scientific instruments.
Copies preserved in their period bindings, with their technical illustrations.
The photographs are an integral part of the description.
Carefully protected shipment.