Physices elementa mathematica, experimentis confirmata. Sive Introductio ad philosophiam Newtonianam [...]. Editio tertia duplo auctior.

2 vols, 4to: [4]-lxxxvi-[2]-572, [2]-573/1073-[43] pp.; 127 fold. pls (sl. foxing, some soiling on last lvs).

19th-c. marbled brown calf, gilt and blind-st. frames on boards, gilt-tooled spines on raised bands, red and green title-labels, red edges (joints sl. cracked, spines sl. faded).

Third edition (1st ed., 1720-1721) of this important summary of Newtonian physics, one of the masterpieces of the Dutch scholar 's Gravesande (1688-1742), professor of philosophy at the University of Leiden. Complete with 127 beautiful engr. plates showing various instruments and experiments. Ref. Bierens de Haan 112. - Honeyman coll. Sotheby's London, 1979, 1541. - Macclesfield's library, Sotheby's London, 2004, 926. Prov. De Valenzi, Ghent (arm. bookpl.).