Pascal's Traitez de l'equilibre des licqeurs 1798

PASCAL, (BLAISE). Traitez de l'équilibre des liqueurs et de la pesanteur de la masse de l'air. Contenant l'explication des causes de divers effets de la nature qui n'avoient point esté bien connus jusques-icè, & particulièrement de ceux que l'ont avoit attribuez à l'horreur du vuide. Paris (chez Guillaume Desprez) 1698. 12:o. (26), 1-238 pp. 2 folding engraved plates (all). Contemporary brown full calf, worn, gilt spine in six compartments, some damages at head and foot, red edges. Minor foxing. Bookplate (somewhat damaged) of Dionisii Robert de Massy, Juria Studiosi.See: Waller 12161 (the first edition).First edition published posthumously by Etienne Périer et Rohault in 1663. The present edition is the third. Divided into two closely related parts this posthumous work is devoted to the laws of hydrostatics and to the demonstration and description of the various effects of the weight of air. From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).