De Fontenelle (M), CONVERSATIONS ON THE PLURALITY OF WORLDS,...

Hammer

£260

De Fontenelle (M), CONVERSATIONS ON THE PLURALITY OF WORLDS, second edition, full leather, laid paper, inscribed to title page, fold out diagrams, printed for Thomas Caslon, London 1767, with Jones (W), AN ESSAY ON THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, in four books bound as one, full leather, applied title label and gilt decoration to spine, marbled endpapers, Kenyon bookplate to inside front cover, laid paper, engraved plates including foldout plates throughout, printed at the Clarendon Print-house for S. Parker et al, London 1762,and Jones (W), PHYSIOLOGICAL DISQUISITIONS; OR DISCOURSES ON THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE ELEMENTS, first edition, full leather, applied title label and gilt decoration to spine, laid paper, inscribed to front free endpaper, J. Rivington and Sons, London 1781 (3)

Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington.