DELAMBRE, Jean-Baptiste Astronomie théorique et... Lot 1028

DELAMBRE, Jean-Baptiste Astronomie théorique et pratique. Paris wid. Courcier 1814 3 vol., 4to: lxiv-586, [4]-622-[1], [4]-719-[1] pp.; 28 (of 29) pl. (pl. 10 in vol. III missing; marg. dampstaining in all vol., very occ. staining, tear without loss of paper in half title of vol. III). Mod. three-quarter leather, marbled paper covers, gilt lettered flat spines. Good untrimmed copy. First edition of this significant work on astronomy. Illustrated with 28 fold. plates. The mathematician and astronomer Delambre (1749-1822) was the director of the Paris Observatory. This work replaces the "Traité d'astronomie" (1764) written by Jérôme de La Lande, Delambre's teacher. Ref. Houzeau & Lancaster 9274. - Honeyman 844 (calls for 28 pl.).