CASSINI DE THURY - Lot 107

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CASSINI DE THURY - Lot 107
CASSINI DE THURY La Méridienne de l'Observatoire royal de Paris, vérifiée dans toute l'étendue du royaume par de nouvelles observations. Suite des Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences, année MDCCXL. Paris, Guérin & Guérin, 1744. In-4 (251 x 191 mm) of 5 ff.n.ch., 292, CCXXXV pp. 8 ff.n.ch., 14 folding engraved plates. Marbled calf, ornate spine, red edges (contemporary binding). DSB, III, 107-109. First edition, written by the eminent cartographer Cassini de Thury (1714-1784) known as Cassini III, creator of the first modern map of France. A good, complete copy. [Enclosed:] BION, Nicolas. Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instruments de mathématique. 4th edition. Paris, Jombert, 1752. In-4. Contemporary calf. Frontispiece, portrait, and 37 folding plates. Working copy, binding damaged. - JURGENSEN, Urbain. Principes généraux de l'exact mesure du temps par les horloges. Second edition. Paris, Bachelier, 1838. Text and atlas in 1 vol. in-4, XXXIV pp. 1 f.n.ch. bookseller's catalog, 212pp. printed title, 15 folding engraved plates. Contemporary half basane. With an extensive bibliography on clockmaking occupying pp.223-242. Spine damaged. Stamp of the library of the Société des Arts de Genève. Ex-libris Yves Louis Mongrolle.
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