A SIGNED ASTRONOMY BOOK FROM THE LIBRARY OF CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS.RECCARD, G. C. Abhandlung von der grossen Sonnen-Finsternis, welche sich im Jahr 1764 ereignen wird... Berlin: Buchladen der Real-Schule, 1763. 4to (215 x 175 mm). 2 copper engravings. Modern cloth-backed paper boards. Provenance: Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855, autograph "C.F. Gauss 1811," manuscript shelf-mark "5421"); early manuscript astronomical and mathematical marginal notes in an unknown hand; stamps to title page "GAUSS-BIBLIOTHEK" and "Bibliothek der Königl. Sternwarte Göttingen," with deaccession stamp dated July 4, 1951, to verso. AN ASTRONOMICAL WORK ON THE GREAT SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1764 FROM THE LIBRARY OF AND SIGNED BY GAUSS. In 1807, the "Prince of Mathematicians" Carl Friedrich Gauss was appointed director of the "new" observatory at Gottingen, where he remained to live and conduct research until his death on 23 February 1855. He had published a series of important works on astronomy, beginning in 1801 with his mathematical determination of the orbit of the "planet" Ceres, a remarkable feat that cemented Gauss's reputation as a mathematical and scientific genius" (Norman 879). In 1809, he published his most important work on the subject, Theoria motus corporum coelestium, in which Gauss "systematically developed his methods of orbit calculation, including the theory and use of least squares" (DSB). In 1811, the date he pens his name in Reccard's book on solar eclipses, he successfully determined the orbit of the Great Comet of 1811. After 1817, however, Gauss's published writings on astronomy ceased, although he continued to make observations throughout his life, as revealed by his journals. In fact, the final observation entered in his journal on July 28, 1851, recorded a solar eclipse, when he was 74 years old. G.C. Reccard was an astronomer and correspondent of Immanuel Kant, and the Abhandlung von der grossen Sonnen-Finsternis [Treatise on the Great Solar Eclipse] his most important work. Reccard was elected a (corresponding) member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences in 1765. Signed books from Gauss's library relating to and enforcing his astronomical interests and studies are exceedingly rare.
A SIGNED ASTRONOMY BOOK FROM THE LIBRARY OF CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS.RECCARD, G. C. Abhandlung von der grossen Sonnen-Finsternis, welche sich im Jahr 1764 ereignen wird... Berlin: Buchladen der Real-Schule, 1763. 4to (215 x 175 mm). 2 copper engravings. Modern cloth-backed paper boards. Provenance: Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855, autograph "C.F. Gauss 1811," manuscript shelf-mark "5421"); early manuscript astronomical and mathematical marginal notes in an unknown hand; stamps to title page "GAUSS-BIBLIOTHEK" and "Bibliothek der Königl. Sternwarte Göttingen," with deaccession stamp dated July 4, 1951, to verso. AN ASTRONOMICAL WORK ON THE GREAT SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1764 FROM THE LIBRARY OF AND SIGNED BY GAUSS. In 1807, the "Prince of Mathematicians" Carl Friedrich Gauss was appointed director of the "new" observatory at Gottingen, where he remained to live and conduct research until his death on 23 February 1855. He had published a series of important works on astronomy, beginning in 1801 with his mathematical determination of the orbit of the "planet" Ceres, a remarkable feat that cemented Gauss's reputation as a mathematical and scientific genius" (Norman 879). In 1809, he published his most important work on the subject, Theoria motus corporum coelestium, in which Gauss "systematically developed his methods of orbit calculation, including the theory and use of least squares" (DSB). In 1811, the date he pens his name in Reccard's book on solar eclipses, he successfully determined the orbit of the Great Comet of 1811. After 1817, however, Gauss's published writings on astronomy ceased, although he continued to make observations throughout his life, as revealed by his journals. In fact, the final observation entered in his journal on July 28, 1851, recorded a solar eclipse, when he was 74 years old. G.C. Reccard was an astronomer and correspondent of Immanuel Kant, and the Abhandlung von der grossen Sonnen-Finsternis [Treatise on the Great Solar Eclipse] his most important work. Reccard was elected a (corresponding) member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences in 1765. Signed books from Gauss's library relating to and enforcing his astronomical interests and studies are exceedingly rare.
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