LAPLACE, Pierre Simon. Exposition du Systême du Monde, Paris: l'Imprimerie du Cercle-Social, An IV [1796], 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION (library perforations and markings, half titles soiled and a little creased at margins, some crinkling), red library cloth. [Honeyman 1919; Sparrow 123] Provenance: JCL (2)

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LAPLACE, Pierre Simon. Exposition du Systême du Monde, Paris: l'Imprimerie du Cercle-Social, An IV [1796], 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION (library perforations and markings, half titles soiled and a little creased at margins, some crinkling), red library cloth. [Honeyman 1919; Sparrow 123] Provenance: JCL (2)

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A classic work on the formation of the solar system, explained without the aid of mathematics, and also containing Laplace's renowned "nebular hypothesis."

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