DICQUEMARE (Jacques-François). La connoissance... Lot n° 40

DICQUEMARE (Jacques-François). The knowledge of astronomy made easy, and put within the reach of everyone. In Paris, by C.-A. Jombert, 1771. In-8, [1] f., X-158 p., [1] f. (approb.), 26 plates, contemporary speckled fawn calf, spine with 5 nerves, ornamented boxes, red title page, (uncovered headpieces, superficial stains and rubs to the boards, missing corner in the margin of plate 17, burn hole in the margin of plate II). Second edition enlarged by the author and enriched with 26 copper-engraved plates, 2 of them folding. Provenance : J. Vilcardet de Fleury, Savoie, XVIIIth c. (engraved bookplate).