Manuscript, Student's Notebook, France.
Traité de Physique.

Circa 1709-1754.

Octavo format manuscript on laid paper, text in French, comprising more than 300 pages, beginning with physics, which may be based on a course in physiology and pathology taught by François Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix (1706-1767); containing notes on hydraulics, algebra, quadrupeds, birds, insects, fish, plants, and mineralogy, and illustrated with four hand-drawn folding illustrations of diagrams and experiments; followed by many more pages, including commonplace observations on similar topics dated 1709, many pages of preparation recipes for medications and curative waters, and other material, bound in full contemporary mottled sheepskin, worn, 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.

Provenance: from the Stephen White Collection.