LAPLACE, PIERRE SIMON DE, Marquis. Mécanique Céleste... Translated, with a Commentary by Nathaniel Bowditch. Boston, 1829-1839. 4 volumes, 4to, rebound in buckram; ex-library set (Library of Congress Duplicate). Brunet III:834; See PMM 252; Sotheran I, 2444 ("the only English translation of Laplace's chef-d'oeuvre, and is now very rare, very few of the 250 copies printed ever happening for sale; it is moreover noteworthy as the first great scientific work issued in the United States"). (4)