Lot
336
LAPLACE, PIERRE SIMON DE, Marquis. Traité de Mécanique Céleste. Paris: Duprat, 1798/99-1802 and Courcier, 1805. Engraved folding plate (in vol. IV). 4 (of 5) volumes bound in 3, 4to, contemporary calf, dried, covers detached, vol. III and IV bound in one vol., calf-backed boards, lower spine end defective. FIRST EDITION, first state of titles to vol. I and II dated ''An VII''. The fifth volume was published 1825. PMM 252; Grolier/Horblit 63; Dibner Heralds of Science 14; Honeyman V, 1920. (3)
Estimate
USD 600 - USD 800
LAPLACE, PIERRE SIMON DE, Marquis. Traité de Mécanique Céleste. Paris: Duprat, 1798/99-1802 and Courcier, 1805. Engraved folding plate (in vol. IV). 4 (of 5) volumes bound in 3, 4to, contemporary calf, dried, covers detached, vol. III and IV bound in one vol., calf-backed boards, lower spine end defective. FIRST EDITION, first state of titles to vol. I and II dated "An VII". The fifth volume was published 1825. PMM 252; Grolier/Horblit 63; Dibner Heralds of Science 14; Honeyman V, 1920. (3)