PARDIES (Ignace Gaston) Discourse of the... - Lot 682 - Briscadieu

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PARDIES (Ignace Gaston) Discourse of the... - Lot 682 - Briscadieu
PARDIES (Ignace Gaston) Discourse of the Connoissance of the Bestes. Paris, Mabre-Cramoisy, 1678. In-12 : 1f, 270pp, 1f. Contemporary speckled tan calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red title-piece, head-cap damaged, one bit cracked at the entrances, gilt roulette on the edges, red edges. "This is of all his works the one that made the most noise at the time of its publication. Pardies, a skilful geometer born in Pau in 1636, was one of the best disciples of Descartes. He entered into correspondence with Newton about his theory of light. He taught mathematics to Louis le Grand in Paris. Unfortunately, he died of a fever in 1673 at the age of 37.
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