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an old book with a drawing of a globe on ittwo old books sitting on top of each other on a white surfacea book with a picture of the moon on itan old book with a bunch of numbers on itan old map of the world on a piece of paperan open book with a drawing of a telescope on itan old book with writing on it that reads astronomy
Maître Stéphane PRENVEILLE

6 - 60318/9 [ASTRONOMY] - LA LANDE (Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançois de)…
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60318/9 [ASTRONOMY] - LA LANDE (Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançois de) - Astronomy - Paris; Veuve Desaint, 1771 - 3 volumes, In-4° - Pages slightly yellowed - 42 full-set folding engraved plates - Contemporary marbled havana calf binding (the clamps on volumes II and III are partially split, a few corners are worn) - Decorated, gold-stamped ribbed spine (darkened) (2 upper cap bands damaged) - Brown morocco title labels - Red edges - A fine copy of this second edition, in which de La Lande, a leading 18th-century astronomer, summarises his knowledge. It was followed by a supplement on the tides in 1781. Expert: Caroline Velk - 06.99.94.10.05
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Auction time 10/02/2026 at 9:30 AM
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