PHILOSOPHY] - Lot 180

PHILOSOPHY] GAUTIER] The Library of Philosophers and Scholars, Both Ancient and Modern, Paris, André Cailleau, 1723 Two volumes in-8, full calf, ribbed spines, gilt decorations, title and volume number labels: Vol. I: frontispiece, title page, (12), 1 plate, 704 pages, 3 fold-out plates; Vol. II: 678 pages, 1 plate First edition... in which we find their opinions on all manner of physical subjects, as well as all the systems they have conceived to date regarding the Universe, their most elegant maxims on morality, and finally the new discoveries that astronomers have made in the heavens... A third volume was published in 1734. Library stamp on the title page. Corners worn.