LUC (Jean-André de) Recherches sur les modifications de l'atmosphère, contenant l'Histoire critique du Baromètre & du Thermomètre, un Traité sur la construction de ces Instrumens, des Expériences relatives à leurs usages, & principalement à la mesure des Hauteurs & à la correction des Réfractions moyennes Paris: Veuve Duchesne, 1784. -4 volumes in-8, marbled calf, smooth spine decorated, marbled edges (period binding). Second edition of this important work by Geneva geologist and meteorologist Jean-André de Luc (1727- 1817), including 7 fold-out plates and a table. The original appeared in 1772. In it, the author describes a new type of barometer and a new barometric formula, which enabled him to measure various peaks in Savoy for over 12 years. In the company of his brother, he had climbed Mont Buet, the report of which was published in this book, the first account of a high-mountain excursion. Provenance: Richard Tremblot, with bookplate. (Two headpieces missing, corners dulled, a few small wormholes. Very good condition inside.)