[Rarebooks] FS: 18th Century Science and Magic with 99 Illustrations, all but 5 Hand-Colored

[Charles Agvent]

GUYOT, Edme Gilles [attributed to]. NOUVELLES RECREATIONS PHYSIQUES ET 
MATHEMATIQUES: contenant ce qui a été imaginé de plus curieux dans ce 
genre & ce qui se découvre journellement: auxquelles on a joint leurs 
causes, leurs effets, la maniere de les construire, & l'amusement qu'on 
en peut tirer pour étonner & surprendre agréablement. Paris: L'Auteur 
[Guyot] & Gueffier, 1772-1775. Second Enlarged Edition. Eight parts 
bound into 4 octavo (5-1/4" x 8") volumes in contemporary half calf over 
paste-paper boards, spines gilt with gilt morocco lettered labels, 
decorative endpapers. Illustrated with 99 (all but 5 are Hand-Colored) 
full-page illustrations (3 folding) and 2 engraved tables. Guyot, 
1706-1786, first published this famous compilation in 1769. It was a 
very popular collection of scientific and magical experiments and went 
through a number of editions, translated into several languages. This is 
apparently the second edition and is expanded with more material and 
plates than the first printing. At the end of each part is a price list 
for the purchase of the apparatus necessary for the demonstrations. 
HONEYMAN 1584. An 1816 French school presentation bookplate on the front 
pastedown of the first volume. Spine of first volume darkened by 
dampstain and worn at head of spine and back cover, corners worn, volume 
label missing from Volume I; dampstains in Volume I, endleaves of Volume 
II slightly bent at edge, minor dampstains in Volumes II and III. Still, 
quite a nice set. Good. (#020252)        $2,250

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