Traité de Mécanique Céleste

by Pierre Simon Laplace, Marquis de

$19,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

1798-1825. Folding engraved plate in Vol. IV. Five vols. Large 4to, handsome antique blue morocco-backed marbled boards, flat spines nicely gilt. Paris: J.B.M. Duprat & others, An VII 1798 -1825.First edition and a complete set with all the supplements. In this monumental and fundamental astronomical work, Laplace -- the Newton of France -- codified and developed the theories and achievements of Newton, Euler, d'Alembert, and Lagrange. Laplace

• Binding: Leather

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