LANGSDORF, KARL CHRISTIAN.

Grundlehren der Photometrie oder der Optischen Wissenschaften. Erste Abtheilung. (of 2).

Erlangen, Johann Jacob Palm, 1803. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Stamps on title-page. X,518 pp. and 9 large folded engraved plates. Printed on good paper. Internally clean and fine.

Scarce first edition of this classic study of mathematical and geometrical optics, outlining the theories of light, dioptrics, measurements, the theory of reflexion etc. etc. A second part (volume) was published 1805. - Poggendorff I, 1372.

Order-nr.: 51125