Apr 03, 2014 - Sale 2343

Sale 2343 - Lot 74

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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
GAUTIER, ALFRED. Essai Historique sur le Problème des Trois Corps; ou, Dissertation sur la Théorie de Mouvements de la Lune et des Planètes. Plate. xii, 284 pages. 4to, 237x190 mm, contemporary 1/4 mottled calf with morocco lettering piece, spine rubbed; scattered minor foxing. Stamp of the astronomer Louis-François Wartmann (1793–1864). Paris: Courcier, 1817

Additional Details

first edition of Gautier's first book and only major work, a historical essay on the three-body problem. BEA, page 411.