VULGARIZATION - Antoine-Théodore CHEVIGNARD de LA PALLUE (17 - Lot 6

VULGARIZATION - Antoine-Théodore CHEVIGNARD de LA PALLUE (1732-1808, Contrôleur général des Fermes du Roi) / "Idée du Monde ou Idées générales des Choses dont un jeune Homme doit être instruit" by Chevignard de La Pallue, Paris, Chez Moutard, Imprimeur-Libraire de la Reine, 1782, second edition ("nouvelle édition considérablement augmentée enrichie des observations des expériences les plus récentes), handwritten ex-libris of Abbé Tchudy in Lanau, 2 volumes bound in full contemporary calf, spine ribbed and decorated with title-pieces (headbands a little rubbed, inside fresh), enriched with 9 folding engraved plates (8 tome 1 and 1 tome 2), xlii and 585 p - 520 p and iii (9.5 x 16.5 cm), of which tables of contents in each volume well complete - Subjects treated: apparent rotation of the sun, heat of light, gravity, universal attraction, elliptical revolutions of the planets, astrology, influence of the stars, variety of seasons in the East Indies, the Sea of Zabache or the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmora and the Mediterranean, negroes, hummingbirds, fly-birds, pearl nacre, pearls, precious stones, etc.