ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES. Histoire de l'Academie Royale des Sciences ... depuis son établissement en 1666 jusqu'à 1686. Paris: Gabriel Martin, 1733. 2 volumes. - Continued as: Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences ... depuis 1666 jusqu'à 1699. Paris: La compagnie des libraires, 1729-1733. 8 volumes in 11. - Histoire de l'Academie Royale des Sciences , année ... avec les Mémoires de Mathématique & de Physique .... Paris: Jean Boudot, Charles-Estienne Hochereau, l'Imprimerie Royale, 1707-1928. 27 volumes. -- Table alphabétique des matières contenues dans l'Histoire & les Memoires ... Paris: La compagnie des libraires, 1729-1734. 4 volumes.
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About the item
Woodcut Vignettes, engraved frontispieces and many folding plates. 44 vols. 4to. Contemporary calf, spines gilt (some general wear overall) and see below. Ex. Burnby Library. Brunet I, p. 27.
Item #232778
Together 44 volumes, 4to. Woodcut vignettes, engraved frontispieces in some volumes, numerous engraved plates, some folding. (Vol. I of Table lacking title-page.)
The Académie des Sciences was founded in Paris in 1666 by Colbert as an informal gathering of scholars, who met twice-weekly in the King's library. In 1699, Louis XIV gave the Académie it's first rules as an official institution, renaming it the Académie Royale des Sciences.
In this set, volumes I-VI of the 27 volumes of the Histoire are second editions, and volumes VIII-XXVIII are first editions. Volume VII (for the year 1707) is lacking. There is also the added volume : Jacques Cassinis's De la grandeur et de la figure de la terre. [In: Suite des memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. Année M.DCCXVIII], with 5 maps and 10 plates.
