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Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis Moreau de. Les oeuvres. 2 vols. in 1.

XXXII, 422 SS.; VI, 478 SS. 8vo. Contemp. half calf over five raised bands, spine with green and red label, gilt. – Berlin and Lyons, Etienne de Bordeaux and frères Bruiset, 1753.

Third collected edition of Maupertuis’ works. The naturalist and philosopher Maupertuis (1698–1759), from 1729 to 1730 pupil of Johann Bernoulli in Basel, was president of the physical section of the Prussian Academy of Science from 1746 to 1853. – Fine and clean copy in a nice contemporary binding. – Best.-Nr. 20000