Traité de mécanique céleste. Paris: Crapelet for Duprat, An VII [1799] [Vols. I-II]; Crapelet for Duprat, An XI–1802 [Vol. III]; Courcier, An XIII–1805 [Vol. IV]; Bachelier, 1825 [Vol. V].
Paris: Crapelet, Courcier, Bachelier, [1799-1825]. First edition, a fine copy in original wrappers, of this monumental work. The Mécanique céleste is the foundation of modern theoretical astronomy, termed ‘the eighteenth-century Almagest’ and ‘a sequel to Newton’s Principia’ by Grolier/Horblit. Here, Laplace, rightly called the ‘Newton of France’ (En Français dans..... More
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