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Histoire des progrês de l'esprit humain dans les sciences exactes, et dans les arts qui en dépendent ... : avec un abregé de la vie des auteurs les plus célebres dans ces sciences / par Monsieur Saverien.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Q125 .S378 1766
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Savérien, Alexandre, 1720-1805.
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Science--History--Early works to 1800.
- Science.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Guyot, Guillelmi-Germ. (bookplate)
- Physical Description:
- xj pages, 1 unnumbered page, 536 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- A Paris : Chez Lacombe, libraire ..., 1766.
- Contents:
- (from t.p.) Savoir: l'arithmétique
- l'algebre
- la géométrie
- l'astronomie
- la gnomonique
- la chronologie
- la navigation
- l'optique
- la méchanique
- l'hydraulique
- l'acoustique et la musique
- la géographie
- l'architecture civile
- l'architecture militaire
- l'architecture navale.
- Notes:
- With half-title.
- Colophon reads: De l'Imprimerie de Didot.
- Signatures: a⁶ A-2K⁸ L⁶.
- Woodcuts: head- and tail-pieces.
- With side- and shoulder-notes.
- Errata on last page.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Imperfect: plate wanting.
- OCLC:
- 9979899
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