Oeuvres Diverses de M. de Fontenelle, de l'académie françoise. Nouvelle édition, Augmentée & enrichie de Figures gravées par Bernard Picart le Romain. [Three volumes]

La Haye, France: Chez Gosse & Neaulme, 1729. New Edition. Full Calf. Very Good+. New Edition. Full Calf. Translation to English: Complete Works of M. de Fontenelle, of the Francoise Academy. New Edition, Enhanced and Enriched with figures engraved by BERNARD PICART the ROMAIN. (First, Second, Third Volume) Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (11 February 1657 - 9 January 1757), also called Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle, was a French author and an influential member of three of the academies of the Institut de France, noted especially for his accessible treatment of scientific topics during the unfolding of the Age of Enlightenment. He is noted for the accessibility of his work - particularly its novelistic style. This allowed non-scientists to appreciate scientific development in a time where this was unusual, and scientists to benefit from the thoughts of the greater society. Minimal head and tail wear, discolored spine/tabs, rubbing/chipping to boards, minor foxing, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Three tomes in folio (22 x 28 cm), full mottled calf binding, titles and friezes in gold on the spine (initial P) and on edging, marbled endpapers, pp (8), 376 for the first volume; pp (8), 440 for the second; pp (3), 434 for the third, which bears the date "1729" on the title page + illus (engravings). Six full-page copper engravings by Picart, including one with the portrait of Fontenelle by Picart and Rigaud. Ex libris label on endpapers (M.Piller).