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Paris, de l'Imprimerie royale, 1740.- [With] : II/ [Same author]. Tables astronomiques du Soleil, de la Lune, des planètes, des étoiles fixes, et des satellites de Jupiter et de Saturne ; Avec l'explication & l'usage de ces mêmes tables.
Paris, de l'Imprimerie royale, 1740.
[Followed by] :
Cassini de Thury, César François. Addition aux tables astronomiques de M. Cassini.
A Paris, chez Durand, 1756.
2 volumes 4to [252 x 187 mm] of: I/ xvi pp., (6) ll. of table, 643 pp., 26 folding plates; II/ xiv pp., (3) ll. of table, 120 pp., 222 pp. of astronomical tables, (1) bl. l., (1) l., 98 pp. of addition to the astronomical tables. Full marbled calf, double blind-stamped fillet around the covers, ribbed spines decorated, red morocco lettering pieces, mottled edges. Contemporary binding.
First edition of these two important astronomical works.I/ First edition of this very complete treatise, in which the author engages in an innovative research of the value of the main digital elements of astronomy, and… Read More