Le Newtonianisme pour les dames, ou, Entretiens sur la lumiere, sur les couleurs, et sur l'attraction

Algarotti, Francesco, conte, 1712-1764, Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727, Du Perron de Castera, M. (Louis-Adrien), 1705-1752, translator, Montalant, François, 1677-1754, printer, D'Eschuilly, former owner · 1739 · A Paris : Chez Montalant, imprimeur-libraire, quay des Augustins, à la ville de Montpellier · 5 pictures

Francesco Algarotti's dialogues explaining Newton's optics and attraction to a lay female readership, translated into French by Du Perron de Castera and printed by Montalant in Paris, 1739. The pictures are letterpress ornaments: woodcut headpieces, tailpieces, flower and fruit baskets in scrolled cartouches, and hatched foliate initials, usable as rules, dividers, and drop caps.

Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 · Physics · Optics

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