EULER, Leonhard (1707-1783). Novae tabulae lunares singulari methodo constructae, quarum ope loca lunae ad quoduis tempus expedite computare licet. St. Peterburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1772.

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EULER, Leonhard (1707-1783). Novae tabulae lunares singulari methodo constructae, quarum ope loca lunae ad quoduis tempus expedite computare licet. St. Peterburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1772.

8o (218 x 139 mm). Contemporary half calf and marbled boards (spine repaired with a strip of marbled paper, some wear to corners). Provenance: "Dr. Hutton's sale" (pencil note on front free endpaper); Stephen Rigaud (signature on front free endpaper dated 1882); Radcliffe Observatory Oxford (ink stamp on front paste down and on title page).

FIRST EDITION of Euler's new lunar tables which were based on his second theory of lunar motion. Norman 736.