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Title: Transactions Philosophiques de la Société Royale de Londres Author: Bremond, M. de, translator Place: Paris Publisher: Chez Piget Date: 1738-1741 Description: 7 volumes in 4, comprising: Transactions Philosophiques de la Société Royale de Londres. Anne'e M.DCC.XXXI. x, 304 pp. 1741. [bound with] Transactions Philosophiques... Anne'e M.DCC.XXXII. viii, 323 pp. 1741. With engraved frontispiece; 16 folding engraved plates. Transactions Philosophiques de la Société Royale de Londres. Anne'e M.DCC.XXXIII. viii, 280 pp. 1740. [bound with] Transactions Philosophiques... Anne'e M.DCC.XXXIV. vii, [1], 340, 16 pp. 1740. With engraved frontispiece; 11 folding engraved plates. Transactions Philosophiques de la Société Royale de Londres. Anne'e M.DCC.XXXV. [6], [iii]-vi, 192 pp. 1738. [bound with] Transactions Philosophiques... Anne'e M.DCC.XXXVI. [2], viii, 302, 15 pp. 1738. With engraved frontispiece; 13 folding engraved plates. Table des Memoires Imprimés dans les Transactions Philosphiques de la Société Royale de Londres. Depuis 1665, jusques en 1735. [10], 297, [3], v, 3-461, lxxvi pp. Engraved frontispiece. 1739. (4to) period mottled calf, spines tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering pieces, marbled endpapers. Begun in 1665, the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London is the oldest scientific journal printed in the English-speaking world, and the second oldest in the world, after the French Journal des Sçavan. With old institutional stamps on title pages, a few other markings. Lot Amendments Condition: Some extremity wear, several joints tender or cracking; very good or better. Item number: 277410b