LALANDE, (J.J. de).

Astronomisches Handbuch oder die Sternkunst in einem kurzen Lehrbegriff verfasset. Aus dem zwoten französischen Ausgabe übersetzt.

Leipzig, Flittner und Müller, 1775. Cont. boards. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Back with a few tears to paper. (48),744 pp. and 16 folded engraved plates (also showing instruments, globe and map) and 1 folded table. Some browning to leaves and scattered brownspots. Old inscription to titlepage.

First German edition. A translation of his "Abrégé d'Astronomie, Paris 1774." One of the plates depicts Le Monnier's famous Quadrant. - Houzeau-Lancaster: 8908.

Order-nr.: 29832