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MAYER, Johann Tobias (1723-1762). Tabulae motuum solis et lunae novae et correctae. London: J. Nourse, J. Mount, T. Page, 1770.
4° (255 x 200mm). 2 folding engraved plates. (A few leaves lightly spotted.) Contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine (rebacked with original spine laid down, upper board detached). Provenance: Abrah[am] Gotthelf Kästner (German mathematician and doctoral supervisor to Lichtenberg, 1719-1800; inscription at front) -- Ge[org] Ch[risto]ph Lichtenberg (German scientist and doctoral supervisor to Mayer, 1742-1799; inscription at front, his own signature to title verso) -- Columbia University Library (perforated stamp to title).
FIRST EDITION of Mayer’s lunar and solar tables which ‘enabled the moon’s celestial position on any standard meridian at any given time to be predicted within just over a degree’ (Norman). Though the tables were drawn up in 1752, it was not until after Mayer’s death that his manuscripts were submitted to the British Admiralty by his widow, then edited for publication by Nevil Maskelyne. Norman 1468.
4° (255 x 200mm). 2 folding engraved plates. (A few leaves lightly spotted.) Contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine (rebacked with original spine laid down, upper board detached). Provenance: Abrah[am] Gotthelf Kästner (German mathematician and doctoral supervisor to Lichtenberg, 1719-1800; inscription at front) -- Ge[org] Ch[risto]ph Lichtenberg (German scientist and doctoral supervisor to Mayer, 1742-1799; inscription at front, his own signature to title verso) -- Columbia University Library (perforated stamp to title).
FIRST EDITION of Mayer’s lunar and solar tables which ‘enabled the moon’s celestial position on any standard meridian at any given time to be predicted within just over a degree’ (Norman). Though the tables were drawn up in 1752, it was not until after Mayer’s death that his manuscripts were submitted to the British Admiralty by his widow, then edited for publication by Nevil Maskelyne. Norman 1468.
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