SUPERB LARGE PAPER DEDICATION COPY BOUND FOR THE COUNT DE MAUREPAS
BOUGUER, Pierre Essai d'optique sur la gradation de la lumière. Paris Claude Jombert 1729
First edition and superb large paper copy of this important work on the measurement of light by “the father of photometry” (DSB). This dedication copy was lavishly bound for the Count de Maurepas, Louis XV’s Minister of the Marine.
$US32500
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