GREGORY DAVID
Astronomiae physicaeet geometricae Elementa.
Genevae, Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet, 1726. 2 parts in 1 vol in-4°. [22] XCVI , 751 pp ,43 folding plates, [54 pp] 5 folding plates, [20]. Contemporary full vellum.
¶ Very nice copy of this important astronomical work by David Gregory (1661 - 1708 ) , professor of mathematics and astronomy at University of Edinburgh and Oxford. Complete with all 43 + 5 engraved plates. Including the first description of the moon's motion by Newton. Traces of a removed stamp and name cut out of the title page. Ref: Hoefer T21, 902-903.

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Keywords: science, astronomy, geometry, geometrie, astronomie, newton, kometen, cometes,