MARIOTTE. OEUVRES... including all the treatises of this author, both those which had already appeared separately, and those which had not yet been published. La Haye, Jean Neaulme, 1740. 2 volumes in-4° of [10]-320-[4]- 321 to 494-2bl.-495 to 566 (ciphr. 600)-601 to 701-[35] pages spotted calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (contemporary binding). First collective edition of the works; it is illustrated with 26 DEPLIANT PLATES and contains the following treatises, including that on the Movement of Clocks in the first edition: De la percussion (5 pl.) - De la Végétation des plantes - De la nature de l'air - Du chaud et du froid - De la nature des couleurs (8 pl.) - On the movement of water (11 pl.) - Rules for water jets - Discoveries concerning sight - Levelling - Movement of pendulums (1 pl.) - Experiments concerning colours and freezing - Essay on logic (1 pl.). Light rings on the first few leaves, otherwise a fine copy.