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CASSINI, Tables astronomiques, 1740
CASSINI, Jacques.
Tables astronomiques, du Soleil, de la Lune, des planètes, des étoiles fixes, et des satellites de Jupiter et Saturne, avec l’explication & l’usage de ces mêmes tables.
Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1740.
4to (247x192 mm), xiv-(6)-120-222-(2) pages and 5 folding plates. binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt spine in six compartments. Volume piece is missing. Joint splitting.
First edition.
Volume gathering 122 astronomical tables calculated at the meridian of the Royal Observatory of Paris. The tables are preceded by a user manual section in which Cassini explains how they were established and how they should be used. They will serve as references until the end of the 18th century.
references: Houzeau-Lancaster [Tables de Cassini : 12793.].
provenance: Bookplate Léon Leroy.
Price : 650 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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