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281 - LA LANDE (Jérôme de). Astronomie. Paris, Desaint et Saillant…
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LA LANDE (Jérôme de). Astronomie. Paris, Desaint et Saillant, 1764. 2 volumes in-4, chipped calf, double gilt fillet, smooth spine decorated (Binding of the period). First edition of Lalande's great treatise on astronomy. It is illustrated with 36 folding plates. Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732-1807) was one of the most illustrious French astronomers of the 18th century. A member of the Académie des Sciences, he was the author of a famous Bibliographie astronomique, the Dictionnaire d'astronomie de l'Encyclopédie méthodique and the editor of Histoire céleste, which records observations made on nearly 50,000 stars, and Connaissance des temps from 1760 to 1775 and from 1794 to 1807. Corners slightly dulled.
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About the sale Antiquarian books from the 15th to the 19th century - Astronomy
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Auction time 06/24/2026 at 2:00 PM
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