Journal tenu par Isaac Beekman de 1604 à 1634

publié avec une introduction et des notes par C. de Waard [en trois tomes], La Haye, Martinus Nijhoff, [1939-'42-'45]

Large 4to., XXXIX,364,XXI,456,II,450 p., print run of 200; this is no. 82. Isaac Beeckman (1588 – 1637) was a Dutch physicist, engineer and meteorologist. He studied humanities and philosophy in Leiden and received his doctorate in medicine in Caen in 1618. As he did not publish, his discoveries had little influence on the development of science. Cloth with gilt stamping. (3 in total)