Description et usage d'un cabinet de physique experimentale

Second edition, illustrated with 51 folding plates (23 for volume I and 28 for the second, at the end of volumes) on heavy paper.
Contemporary full glazed blonde calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Gilt and rubbed volume numbering. Various rubbing. Two corners slightly bumped. Good copy, fresh.
An extraordinary pedagogue and demonstrator, Sigaud de la Fond early on attended the courses of Abbé Nollet (no less famous for his experiments in physics and electricity) whom he would succeed, and quickly established an experimental physics cabinet. His experiments were numerous and engaged many fields: electricity, but also phosphorus, toothpaste recipes, medicine... Over time, he would devote himself more fully to his physics cabinet and his experiments, even though he maintained a teaching activity admired throughout Europe.