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Lalande, Joseph Jerome Le Francais de
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
Astronomie. Paris: Desaint & Saillant, 1764
2 volumes, 4to (10 x 7¾ in.; 254 x 197 mm). 11 folding engraved plates; light to moderate text browning, more pronounced in vol. 2, some spotting, small hole in 1:4A3 touching 2 words, short tear to bottom margin of 2:O4, occasional light browning to plates, long tear on inner margin of pl. 12, text offsetting on pl. 22. Contemporary mottled calf and edges, original marbled endpapers; sympathetically rebacked.
First edition.
2 volumes, 4to (10 x 7¾ in.; 254 x 197 mm). 11 folding engraved plates; light to moderate text browning, more pronounced in vol. 2, some spotting, small hole in 1:4A3 touching 2 words, short tear to bottom margin of 2:O4, occasional light browning to plates, long tear on inner margin of pl. 12, text offsetting on pl. 22. Contemporary mottled calf and edges, original marbled endpapers; sympathetically rebacked.
First edition.
Literature
Houzeau & Lancaster 9258
Catalogue Note
Next to his efforts to improve astronomical tables, Lalande's greatest achievement was his Astronomie, which "became a standard textbook and had the advantage over other texts of containing much practical information on instruments and methods of calculation" (DSB 7:580).