573. MARIOTTE (Edme). Traité du mouvement des eaux et des autres corps fluides. Paris, Jean Jombert, 1700, (6) ff ; 390 pp. ; (9) ff, in-12, speckled calf, ornate ribbed spine (period binding). New corrected edition, illustrated with numerous in-text diagrams. Posthumous work in 5 parts by this illustrious physicist. Mariotte can be considered the founder of experimental physics in France, and was deeply interested in the movement of liquids, and in particular in the construction of fountains. Stamp of the Arrault library. Small loss at upper head, upper jaws cracked, corner of lower board dulled. Traces of bookplate.