Laplace (Pierre Simon Marquis de) Traite de Mecanique Celeste, 5 vol. plus all Supplements, together 6 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding engraved plate in vol.4, Supplement to vol.3, 2 Supplements to vol.4, first without title and second without half-title and title (though their presence seems to vary from copy to copy and in this set would appear never to have been included), Supplement to vol.5 in separate vol. and with 12pp. Catalogue des Livres de Fonds by Bachelier (dated July 1827) bound in, some foxing and browning, vol.3 with some staining to lower margin of opening few leaves, uncut in original pink wrappers, spines faded and worn, paper labels occasionally chipped or peeling, upper cover of vol.3 with lower portion missing owing to damp, [Bibliotheca Mechanica pp. 197-198; Dibner, Heralds of Science 14; En Français dans le Texte 201; Honeyman 1920; Horblit-Grolier 63; Norman 1277; PMM 252; Sparrow, Milestone of Science 125], 4to (274 x 212mm.), Paris, chez J.B.M. Duprat [& others], 1798-1827. ⁂ An excellent set in original condition of this monumental and highly important work on astronomy. Laplace (1749-1827), rightly called the "Newton of France", significantly develops the theories elaborated by Newton, Euler and other astronomers. "Laplace maintained that while all planets revolve round the sun their eccentricities and the inclinations of their orbits to each other will always remain small. He also showed that all these irregularities in movements and positions in the heavens were self-correcting, so that the whole solar system appeared to be mechanically stable. He showed that the universe was really a great self-regulating machine and the whole solar system could continue on its existing plan for an immense period of time. This was a long step forward from the Newtonian uncertainties in this respect [...] Laplace also offered a brilliant explanation of the secular inequalities of the mean motion of the moon about the earth a problem which Euler and Lagrange had failed to solve" (PMM). Our set has the title-page of volume 1 and 2 in the first state with the imprint of Crapelet and Duprat and "An VII". The fifth Supplément is also printed on large paper.
Laplace (Pierre Simon Marquis de) Traite de Mecanique Celeste, 5 vol. plus all Supplements, together 6 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding engraved plate in vol.4, Supplement to vol.3, 2 Supplements to vol.4, first without title and second without half-title and title (though their presence seems to vary from copy to copy and in this set would appear never to have been included), Supplement to vol.5 in separate vol. and with 12pp. Catalogue des Livres de Fonds by Bachelier (dated July 1827) bound in, some foxing and browning, vol.3 with some staining to lower margin of opening few leaves, uncut in original pink wrappers, spines faded and worn, paper labels occasionally chipped or peeling, upper cover of vol.3 with lower portion missing owing to damp, [Bibliotheca Mechanica pp. 197-198; Dibner, Heralds of Science 14; En Français dans le Texte 201; Honeyman 1920; Horblit-Grolier 63; Norman 1277; PMM 252; Sparrow, Milestone of Science 125], 4to (274 x 212mm.), Paris, chez J.B.M. Duprat [& others], 1798-1827. ⁂ An excellent set in original condition of this monumental and highly important work on astronomy. Laplace (1749-1827), rightly called the "Newton of France", significantly develops the theories elaborated by Newton, Euler and other astronomers. "Laplace maintained that while all planets revolve round the sun their eccentricities and the inclinations of their orbits to each other will always remain small. He also showed that all these irregularities in movements and positions in the heavens were self-correcting, so that the whole solar system appeared to be mechanically stable. He showed that the universe was really a great self-regulating machine and the whole solar system could continue on its existing plan for an immense period of time. This was a long step forward from the Newtonian uncertainties in this respect [...] Laplace also offered a brilliant explanation of the secular inequalities of the mean motion of the moon about the earth a problem which Euler and Lagrange had failed to solve" (PMM). Our set has the title-page of volume 1 and 2 in the first state with the imprint of Crapelet and Duprat and "An VII". The fifth Supplément is also printed on large paper.
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