Laplace (Pierre-Simon, marquis de): Mécanique Céleste, translated with a commentary by Nathaniel Bowditch, Boston, Isaac R. Butts, 1829-39, 4 vols., 4to, first edition in English, with half-titles, engraved portraits of Laplace, Bowditch and his wife (title to vol. I torn at outer margin and slightly soiled), contemporary half calf (worn). [Sotheran I, 2444-5: 'This is 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'; Honeyman 1925] (4)

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Laplace (Pierre-Simon, marquis de): Mécanique Céleste, translated with a commentary by Nathaniel Bowditch, Boston, Isaac R. Butts, 1829-39, 4 vols., 4to, first edition in English, with half-titles, engraved portraits of Laplace, Bowditch and his wife (title to vol. I torn at outer margin and slightly soiled), contemporary half calf (worn). [Sotheran I, 2444-5: 'This is 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'; Honeyman 1925] (4)

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This copy contains a loosely-inserted one page letter, dated Boston Feby. 25 1836, from Bowditch to Mr. Robinson of the Bank of United States, New York, regarding a deposit.

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