HISTOIRE DE L'ASTRONOMIE ANCIENNE, DEPUIS SON ORIGINE JUSQU'AL'ÉTABLISSEMENT DE L'ÉCOLE D'ALEXANDRIE. [ATLANTIS]
by Bailly, Jean-Sylvain
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Very Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
Paris: Les Freres De Bure. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1775. First Edition. Hardcover. Engraved ; 3 folding engraved plates. [2], xxii, 526 pages. 4to, 245x195 mm, contemporary mottled sheep gilt with morocco lettering piece, leather surface is partly worn on spine and rear cover; scattered minor spotting . Sewn in silk marker ribbon. An attractive and solid book. First edition of the first of Bailly's historical works, presenting his eccentric theories concerning the Atlantean origins of astronomy. DSB I, 402. Houzeau & Lancaster 22. Atlantis, Fantasy, Magic, Lost Worlds. A nice solid copy. PROVENANCE-Astronomy and Science Books from the Collection of Martin C. Gutzwiller. .
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- Title
- HISTOIRE DE L'ASTRONOMIE ANCIENNE, DEPUIS SON ORIGINE JUSQU'AL'ÉTABLISSEMENT DE L'ÉCOLE D'ALEXANDRIE. [ATLANTIS]
- Author
- Bailly, Jean-Sylvain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Les Freres De Bure
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1775
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
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- Morocco
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- Gilt
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