REGNAULT (Noël) - Lot 597

REGNAULT (Noël) Les entretiens physiques d'Ariste et d'Eudoxe, ou physique nouvelle en dialogue qui renferme précisément ce qui s'est découvert de plus curieux & de plus utile dans la nature. Paris, Hérissant, 1745. 4 volumes in-12: XXIII, 414pp, (5) (29 plates) / 2f., IV, 450pp (19 plates) / 2f., III, 376pp, XXIV, (1) (23 plates) / 2f., III, 442pp (24 plates). Illustrated with 95 plates. Contemporary grained fawn calf, decorated smooth spines rubbed, accidents to headpieces, rubbing, wear, red edges. Popular textbook for physics. The author's works contributed to the propagation of a taste for science in France. Attached: LOYS de CHESEAUX (Jean Philippe): Essais de physique. Paris, Durand, 1743. Contemporary fawn calf, spine ribbed and ornamented, red title page, headband frayed, cold fillet framing the boards, gilt roulette on the edges, red edges. A work on physics that explores various aspects of this science, such as mechanics (body movements), optics (refraction and reflection of light), electricity and thermodynamics.