Abrégé d'astronomie. Seconde édition, augmentée.

8vo: xxviii-419-[1] pp.; 16 pl. (ex dono erased on title, occ. spotting).

Contemp. half sheep, marbled paper boards, flat spine, red edges (joints rubbed, corners bumped).

Second, augmented, ed. of this vulgarising work, based on the famous "Traité d'astronomie", by the renowned French astronomer La Lande (1732-1807). The "Abrégé" deals with all the major subjects on the science of the heavens and the universe, and its wide variety of celestial bodies and their movement. Ill. with 16 fold. plates showing celestial movement and astronomical tables, eclipses and astronomical instruments.
Ref. Houzeau & Lancaster 8908. - La Lande 633.