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ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond d' (1717-1783). Recherches sur la précession des equinoxes, et sur la nutation de l'axe de la terre dans le systëme newtonien. Paris: Chez David l'aïné, 1749.
4o (215 x 164 mm). 4 folding engraved plates (very minor dampstaining along gutter, not affecting plates). Contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt, edges stained red (front cover slightly bowed, very minor wear at joints and edges). Provenance: Jean Jacques ______ (signature on verso of front free endpaper, part of signature effaced); M. Knapp (signature on flyleaf and title-page).
FIRST EDITION of Alembert's work on the famous three-body problem, whose solution led him to further researches in celestial mechanics and to calculating the precession of the equinoxes. A FINE COPY.
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FIRST EDITION of Alembert's work on the famous three-body problem, whose solution led him to further researches in celestial mechanics and to calculating the precession of the equinoxes. A FINE COPY.