NOLLET (Abbé). Lessons in experimental physics. Third edition. Paris, Guérin, 1749- 1753; 6 vols in-12 (164 x 95 mm), marbled calf, spines decorated with gilt fleurons (Bindings of the period). Abbé Nollet's public lectures made physics fashionable. The frontispiece depicts him in his magnificent cabinet, full of instruments and machines, giving a demonstration to his male and female audience. The 116 fold-out plates make it easy to understand - or reproduce - the experiments. A very fine copy. Ex-libris J. Patas (18th c.).