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The first year of the new century: 1700 or 1701?
[Chronology]
Dissertation sur le commencement du siecle prochain, et la solution du probleme, sçavoir laquelle des deux années 1700 ou 1701 est la premiere du siecle.
Paris, J. Moreau, 1699
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8vo: 19-[1] pp.
Sewn, blank paper wr. Good copy.
Short essay by Delaisement (1682-1766) on a recurring chronological problem: which is the last/first year of a century. Woodcut on title.
Ref. Lalande 337. - Goldsmith (BL) D-711.