PERRAULT (Pierre).

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PERRAULT (Pierre).
On the Origin of Fountains. Paris, Pierre le Petit, 1674. In-12, granite calf, spine decorated, red edges (Binding of the time). First edition, dedicated to Christian Huygens, of this founding work of modern hydrology (A milestone in the history of hydrology (DSB)). The author, brother of the famous storyteller and friend of the mathematician Huygens, was the first to demonstrate through a series of experiments the true reality of the water cycle, against the prevailing theories and beliefs of the time. His discovery was later confirmed and developed by the work of Mariotte and Halley. Nice allegorical frontispiece engraved on copper. Rubbing to the binding, missing headpieces, spines cracked.
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