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Precis Elementaire de Physique Experimentale. By Jean-Baptiste. Biot and published in Paris by Chez Denterville. 1824 third edition. 678 and 786 pp. 8.5” x 5.25”. 8vo. Hardcover contemporary full leather.
As-is, with scuffing and wear along edges and corners of boards. Heavy chipping and partial separation to front board of Volume II, with losses to binding on spine. Text blocks remain bound well with light instances of wear. 1836 prize bookplate from the Royal College of Saint-Louis affixed to front pastedown of Volume I, with the college’s logo additionally stamped in gilt onto front boards. Marbled edges to pages. Assorted staining remnants. Seven and eleven foldout plates at rear of respective volumes. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing.
A scarce pair of books on experimental physics. Written by Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862), a French astronomer, physicist, and mathematician who is best known for the Biot-Savart Law and for crucial evidence that established meteorites as objects from outer
