Nouvelle méthode facile et curieuse, pour connoitre le pouls par les notes de la musique (...)

F.N. Marquet. Ed. P.-J. Buchoz. Amsterdam "et se trouve à Paris", P.F. Didot, 1769, (4), VI, 216 p., 6 folded plates with musical notations, leather contemporary binding with gilt spine.

Highly curious piece of work (the title already gives it away), in which the author characterises the different existing types of heartbeat by means of music, rhythm, and musical notations. Our copy is the 2nd revised ed. Binding sl. worn, otherwise a fine copy.