Live auction - Lot 233
[Astronomy]
Lettres astronomiques où l'on donne une idée de l'état actuel de l'astronomie pratique dans plusieurs villes de l'Europe.
Berlin, at the author, 1771
Hammer price: €
500
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
8vo: [8]-175 pp.; 1 pl. (some browning).
Contemp. sheep, gilt crowned monogram of a count on covers, gilt-orn. flat spine, blue edges (some. sl. rubbing, wormtracks on spine).
First edition (?) of this rare work by the Swiss mathematician, philosopher, astronomer and geographer J. Bernoulli (1744-1807). Ill. with 2 engr. pl.
Ref. BnF. - Not in VD18, Houzeau & Lancaster.
Prov. Bookseller's label. - Antoine Facipecora Pavesi (armorial bookpl.).
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