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238 - CASSINI (Jacques). Tables astronomiques du Soleil, de la Lun…
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CASSINI (Jacques). Tables astronomiques du Soleil, de la Lune, des planètes, des étoiles fixes, et des satellites de Jupiter et de Saturne avec l'explication et l'usage de ces mêmes tables. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1740, in-4, fawn calf, spine decorated, red edges (period binding). First edition of this important work by Jacques Cassini (1677-1756), who was the first to draw up tables of the satellites of Saturn. It is illustrated with 5 folding plates engraved by Simonneau. Copy of Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (1731-1805), with handwritten bookplate on the title. Having travelled through India from 1754 to 1762, he was the first French Orientalist, translated the Zend-Avesta, the sacred book of the Parsis, and published several works on India. Binding worn, covers missing, hinges split. Lalande, 411 - HL, 12793.
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About the sale Antiquarian books from the 15th to the 19th century - Astronomy
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