Lot n° 118
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MAUPERTUIS, Pierre Louis Moreau de - Lot 118
MAUPERTUIS, Pierre Louis Moreau de
Discours sur la parallaxe de la Lune, pour perfectionner la théorie de la Lune et celle de la Terre Paris, De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1741. In-8 (194 x 115 mm), XXXII pp. 133 pp. Blond calf, ribbed spine, ornate caissons, title page, red edges (period binding). DSB, IX, 186-898. First edition of this study on the shape of the earth, based on information from an expedition to Lapland in 1735. Copy printed on thick paper. Waxing and tears. Bookplates of Léon Leroy and Yves Louis Mongrolle.
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