CASSINI, JACQUES (1677-1756)

Éléments d'Astronomie [avec] Tables Astronomiques du Soleil, de la Lune, des Planetes, des Étoiles Fixes, et des satellites de Jupiter et de Saturne. (2 Volumes, complet)

Paris. Imprimerie Royale. 1740, Première Edition / First Edition. Cuir / Leather. Livre, (ENGLISH DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST). Éléments d'Astronomie: (1ff, blanc) - [xvi] - (12p) - 643 pages - (1p, blanc), 26 planches dépliantes. Tables Astronomiques: (1ff), blanc) - [xiv] - (6p) - 222 pages - (2p) - (1ff, blanc). Reliure en cuir moderne, en parfaite condition. Légères rousseurs éparses, certaines pages brunies, autrement les pages intérieures et les planches sont en très bonne condition, sans inscription et solides. RARE. Photos disponibles sur demande. Very good condition / très bonne condition.

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Book number: 004563

Catalogue: Astronomy

PLANA, GIOVANNI ANTONIO AMEDEO [1781-1864]

Théorie du mouvement de la Lune (AVEC) Supplément à la Théorie de la Lune par Jean Plana, 1856-1857. (4 VOLUMES)

Turin, De L'Imprimerie Royale. 1832, Première Edition / First Edition. Couverture Rigide / Hardcover, 28,5cm x 22,5cm. Livre, "Théorie du Mouvement de la Lune", (1832), 3 Volumes in-4: pp. (10), XVI, (8), 794; (10), 865, (3); (8), 856, (2); "Supplément à la Théorie de la Lune", (1856, 1857, 1860), 3 parts in one volume, in-4: pp. (2), 59, (3); pp. 80; pp. 26, 2 b. Autographe dedication of the daughter of Plana (Sophie Plana) to the first volume and the Supplément. Covers are lightly soiled and rubbed, but still solid and in good condition. Inside pages are uncut, some soiling at the beginning of volume II, otherwise inside pages are fresh and in very good condition. The work is donated to Cavalier Alessandro Dorna, Chairman of the Académie des Sciences and Director of the Royal Observatory of Turin. "This monumental work is the result of a vast amount of astronomical calculations: in the nineteenth century, the question of the motion of the Moon continued to play a significant interest, not only as a special case of the movement of the three bodies, but also for eminently practical reasons, first of which the calculation of longitudes at sea." VERY RARE FIRST EDITION. Photos available upon request. 10kg. Very good condition / très bonne condition.

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Book number: 007215

Catalogue: Astronomy