FRESNEL (Augustin). Complete works. Published by Messrs. Hen - Lot 163

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FRESNEL (Augustin). Complete works. Published by Messrs. Hen - Lot 163
FRESNEL (Augustin). Complete works. Published by Messrs. Henri de Senarmont, Emile Verdet and Léonor Fresnel. Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1866, 1868 & 1870. 3 volumes in-4° square, blue half-chagrin, spine ribbed, untrimmed (period binding). ORIGINAL EDITION of the complete works of the physicist Augustin Fresnel, presenting hitherto unpublished works including his Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière. The famous "Fresnel lenses" found in lighthouses around the world represent a veritable revolution in the history of optics. A portrait on chine pasted on the frontispiece, a folded double-page table, and nineteen plates (some folded or double-page), including two large ones in color. Complete with color map of lighthouses in France. Handwritten ex-dono on title page (May 1870). Leaves foxed and a few freckles; small tears but not missing from the two color plates.
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