Apr 03, 2014 - Sale 2343

Sale 2343 - Lot 115

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
LE MONNIER, PIERRE-CHARLES. Observations de la Lune, du Soleil, et des Étoiles Fixes pour servir à la Physique Céleste et aux Usages de la Navigation. viii, 59, [1]; xii, 56; xi, [1], 60; viii, 60 pages. 4 parts in one volume. Folio, 397x253 mm, contemporary sheep gilt with the arms of Louis XV of France on covers, spine ends and cover edges worn, joints cracked at top and bottom; title margins toned, contents otherwise generally clean, front free endpaper lacking. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1751

Additional Details

first edition. 'Le Monnier's work on lunar motion was the most extensive and the most important of his time'--BEA, pages 799-800.