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LALANDE, JOSEPH-JÉRÔME LE FRANÇAIS DE. Astronomie. 36 folding engraved plates. xlviii, 752, 44; [4], [753]-1544, xxiv, [2] pages, including half-titles. 2 volumes. 4to, 250x196 mm, contemporary vellum boards, recased, endpapers renewed; occasional toning or browning in first volume affecting some plates, marginal dampstaining in second volume, blank upper outer corner of half-titles excised and crudely restored, contemporary owner's signature on titles, minor repair on verso of plate 12. Paris: Desaint & Saillant, 1764
first edition. 'Next to his indefatigable efforts to improve astronomical tables, Lalande's greatest contribution was as a writer of textbooks, the most important being his Traité d'Astronomie of 1764 . . . It became a standard textbook and had the advantage over other texts of containing much practical information on instruments and methods of calculation'—DSB VII, 580. Houzeau & Lancaster 9258.
