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Mappemonde cèleste, ou Exposition des principes astronomiques relatifs au Globe terrestre et à la connoissance gènèrale du Ciel. Application à ces deux objets, de diverses notions èlèmentaires de gèomètrie, d'optique, de perspective et de calcul
by MACLOT, Jean-Charles
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Paris: chez la veuve Durand, 1801. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (203 x 122 mm). viii, 370, [2] pp., half-title, two folding engraved plates, errata leaf at end. Bound in half marbled morocco over marbled boards, spine with gilt lettering piece, edges sprinkled red (worming to hinges, boards rubbed, corners bumped, extremities worn). Text little browned, occasional minor spotting. Provenance. From the library of the great bibliophile Pietro Riccardi (1828-98), author of 'Biblioteca Matematica Italiana'; Giancarlo Beltrame Library. Very good copy. ---- Houzeau-L. 9794. FIRST EDITION of this textbook on astronomy and geodesy by Maclot (1728-1805), French geographer and professor of cosmography and member of the Rouen Academic Association.
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- Mappemonde cèleste, ou Exposition des principes astronomiques relatifs au Globe terrestre et à la connoissance gènèrale du Ciel. Application à ces deux objets, de diverses notions èlèmentaires de gèomètrie, d'optique, de perspective et de calcul
- Author
- MACLOT, Jean-Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- chez la veuve Durand
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1801
- Keywords
- Astronomy, geodesy, geometry, optics Physics Astronomy
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