A PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION ON THE MECHANISM OF THE HEAVENS

by Somerville Mrs, Mary

$750 · Offered by Johnnycake Books

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. A much condensed version for the general public of Somerville's massive translation of Laplace's five volume work Traité de Mécanique Ccéleste Celestial Mechanics 1798-1827 , published a year earlier. Small 8vo, original brown linen cloth with paper label front cover, 134 2 . A partially missing, paper

• Binding: Hardcover

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