TRAITÉ DE LA LUMIERE; Traduit de l'Anglais avec Notes par M. M. P.-F. Verhulst [vol. II. Werhulst!], Docteur en Sciences, et A. Quetelet, Directeur de l'Observatoire de Bruxelles. - TOME PREMIER / TOME SECOND[!]; FIRST FRENCH EDITION, 2 VOLUMES, COMPLETE. [A Treatise on Light]

HERSCHEL, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871, english mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, experimental photographer etc.), Président de la Société Astronomique des Londres / Pierre-François Verhulst (1804-1849, Translator); Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet Quetelet (1796-1874, Translator):

Published by Paris, à la Librairie scientifique-industrielle de Malher et Cie, M DCCC XXIX / -, à la Librairie classique et élémentaire de L. Hachette, M DCCC XXXIII (Paris, 1829-1833).

1 blank leaf; foretile, titlepage, (3) 508 pages, 10 multiple folded engraved plates; 1 blank leaf. / 1 blank leaf; foretitle, titlepage, 332 pages, multiple folded plates 11-14; 1 blank leaf. - Original gently gilt and gilt-titled green half-morocco bindings of the period over 4 raised bands with marbled endpapers; 8vo.(ca. 20,5 x 14 x 5 cm; ca. 1,1 kg.). *** FIRST FRENCH EDITION OF HERSCHEL'S FIRST MAJOR WORKS, BIBLIOPHILE BOUND ORIGINALS; 2 VOLUMES COMPLETE. - Volume 2 is the real first french edition by Hachette with the misspelling 'Werhulst' on the titlepage and plates 11-14 according to the english original in the 'Encyclopaedia Metropolitana', not the reprint by Malher with Quetelet's appendix and an additional 15th plate. --- Ends of spines slightly rubbed, vol. 1 with holograph gift inscription dated 1884 at front flyleaf, vol. 2 partly somewhat foxy; A BEAUTIFUL SET. Seller Inventory # 1901240095xbtd

Bibliographic Details

Title: TRAITÉ DE LA LUMIERE; Traduit de l'Anglais ...
Publisher: Paris, à la Librairie scientifique-industrielle de Malher et Cie, M DCCC XXIX / -, à la Librairie classique et élémentaire de L. Hachette, M DCCC XXXIII (Paris, 1829-1833).
Binding: Hardcover