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LAPLACE, PIERRE-SIMON, Marquis de. Exposition du Système du Monde. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. viii, 457, [1] pages, including half-title. 4to, 258x188 mm, contemporary tree sheep, flat spine attractively gilt with morocco lettering piece, lower cover corners worn through; light foxing at beginning and end. Paris: widow Courcier, 1813
Fourth edition, revised and enlarged, of a general treatise on astronomy first published in 1796, "one of the most successful popularizations of science ever composed" (DSB), elaborating Laplace's "nebular hypothesis" of the origin and formation of the solar system. DSB XV, 342-45; Houzeau & Lancaster 8940.
