Title: Theoria Motuum planetarum et cometarum. Continens methodum facilem ex aliquot observationibus orbitas cum planetarum tum cometarum determinandi... Author: Euler, Leonhard Place: Berolin Publisher: Sumtibus Ambrosii Haude Date: 1744 Description: 6, 9-187 [i.e. 188] pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece; 4 folding engraved plates of diagrams. (4to) 23.5x18.5 cm (9¼x7¼"), period pastepaper boards, page edges stained red. First Edition. First edition of Leonhard Euler's first treatise on astronomy, introducing new methods of investigating planetary perturbations. DSB calls it a "fundamental work on calculation of orbits." It enabled progress in the accurate calculation of latitude and longitude. The great French mathematician Laplace advised to "read Euler, as he is a master of us all". Houzeau & Lancaster 11948. Leaf A4 not present, presumably a cancel, and corresponding page numbers 7 and 8 are skipped, but text is complete. Inkstamp "V. ZACH." to title page. Lot Amendments Condition: Scuffing to boards; moderate darkening and foxing to contents, very good. Item number: 286241
Title: Theoria Motuum planetarum et cometarum. Continens methodum facilem ex aliquot observationibus orbitas cum planetarum tum cometarum determinandi... Author: Euler, Leonhard Place: Berolin Publisher: Sumtibus Ambrosii Haude Date: 1744 Description: 6, 9-187 [i.e. 188] pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece; 4 folding engraved plates of diagrams. (4to) 23.5x18.5 cm (9¼x7¼"), period pastepaper boards, page edges stained red. First Edition. First edition of Leonhard Euler's first treatise on astronomy, introducing new methods of investigating planetary perturbations. DSB calls it a "fundamental work on calculation of orbits." It enabled progress in the accurate calculation of latitude and longitude. The great French mathematician Laplace advised to "read Euler, as he is a master of us all". Houzeau & Lancaster 11948. Leaf A4 not present, presumably a cancel, and corresponding page numbers 7 and 8 are skipped, but text is complete. Inkstamp "V. ZACH." to title page. Lot Amendments Condition: Scuffing to boards; moderate darkening and foxing to contents, very good. Item number: 286241
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