Le Grand, Antoine Historia Naturae, Variis Experimentis (et) Ratiociniis elucidata secundum principia Stabilita In Institutione Philosophiae ... With frontispiece in copper etching and 10, partly schematic woodcuts. Nuremberg, Gerhard für Zieger, 1678. 8 pp. (frontispiece, title page, preface, index), , 445 (19, index) pp. 8° pgmt. d. Zt. over 5 bindings with span. Edges, spine with autograph title (stained, spine somewhat discoloured). Second edition, also the first printed in Germany. - Krivatsy 6805 - Thorndike VIII, 286 - Antoine Le Grand, an important advocate of Descartes, deals in this work in 9 sections with the four elements, minerals, meteors, flora, fauna and mankind. - Provenance: Rudolph Graf von Abensperg und Traun, Austrian aristocracy, with his stamped monogr. on the title page and owner's note in ink on the front cover. Owner's note in ink on the front pastedown. - Some waterstaining and foxing, altogether a sound copy with the attractive allegorical frontispiece. Second edition, in the same time the first printed in Germany. - Krivatsy 6805 - Antoine Le Grand, an important advocate of Descartes, deals in this work in 9 sections with the four elements, minerals, meteors, flora, fauna and mankind. - Thorndike: "... it was deemed worthy of notice both in Philosophical Transactions and the Journal des Scavans. (it dealt with) existence of a vacuum, figures of corpuscles and pores, history of the universe, four elements, minerals, meteors, plants, animals and man ..." (Thorndike VIII, 286) - Provenance: Rudolph Graf von Abensperg und Traun, Austrian aristocracy, with his owner's remark in ink on front paste-downs and his monogram stamp on the title-page. - Some water-staining and foxing, altogether a sound copy with the attractive allegorical frontispiece. This lot is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 24.95% buyer's premium and the final invoice amount to 7% (books, art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, silkscreens, offset prints, photographs) in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offsetprints and Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union.