LALANDE (LA LANDE), JÉRÔME LE FRANCOIS (LA LANDE). - FROM THE ROYAL LIBRARY OF CHRISTIAN VII.

Astronomie. Troisieme Édition, revue et augmentée. 3 Vols.

Paris, Chez la Veuve Desaint, 1792. 4to. Bound in 3 fine contemp. full sprinckled calf, 5 raised bands, tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Spines gilt. Lower compartments with the Royal Danish coat of arms in gold. Upper compartments with the monogram of the Danish King Christian VII in gold. (4),LXVI,478;(4),727;(4),737 pp. and 44 folded engraved plates. With "Tables Astronomiques, calculées sur les Observations les plus nouvelles, Pour servir à la troisieme Édition de l'Astronomie", (2),378 pp. of Tables and Corrections. This is bound at end of volume one. Broad-margined. A few scattered brownspots. A few leaves in vol. two and three with some faint dampstaining in upper margins, a few in upper right corners.

This third edition - kept ajour with the latest developments in astronomy - is the largest edition of Lalande's major work, the standard work of 18th century astronomi. The offered copy has a distinguished provenance as it comes from the library of the Danish King Christian VII.

"Lalande's greatest contribution was as a writer of textbooks, the most important being his 'Traitè d'Astronomie' of 1764, with subsequent editions in 1771 and 1792. It became a standard textbook and had the advantage over others texts of containing much practical information on instruments and methods of calculation" (DSB).

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