LAGRANGE (J.L.)Livre Rare Book
Memoires De Mathematique Et De Physique Annee 1692-93 : Tirez Des Registres De L'academie Royale Des Sciences
1723Best.-Nr. 1507160013Amsterdam : Pierre de Coup 1723-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2 Volumes. 1692: 10 458 3 pp 13 plates 12 folding & 1 frontis. For 1693: 4 497 1 pp 11 plates 10 folding & 1 frontis. Bound in contemporary mottled calf. Gilt spine. 5 raised bands. Page ends washed red. Marbled page ends. Good binding and cover. Wear to extremities. Joints cracked to 1692 volume. Library stamps from University of Georgia. Black staining to 3rd 5th and 6th compartments. Chipping loss to head and tail of spines. Small loss to page ends. Unmarked pages with toning. The 1692 volume contains Cassini's remarks on the upcoming eclipse on the 28th of July 1692 that includes a smaller engraving of Cassini's Map of the Moon with 40 numbers and 8 letters of marks that were not engraving on the 1679 map to signifying the features of the moon. This version map would be the one that would be reprinted for over a century in textbooks dictionaries and encyclopedias. Both volumes contain various works by Cassini and de Le HIre. Folding maps are Carte d'une Partie de L'Inde en Deca du Gange; Cours de la Riviere D'Ava Amsterdam : Pierre de Coup hardcover
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