Title: Traité de l'Astronomie Indienne et Orientale, Ouvrage qui peut Servir de Suite à l'Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne Author: Bailly, Jean-Sylvain Place: Paris Publisher: Chez Debure Date: 1787 Description: [iv], clxxx, 427 pp. (4to) period full mottled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label lettered in gilt. First Edition. This survey of the astronomy of India and the Orient by the noted French astronomer and historian of astronomy, Jean-Sylvain Bailly, is considered a supplement to his monumental four-volume history of astronomy which had been published between 1775 and 1782. -- Houzeau & Lancaster, I 482. DSB, I, pp. 400-401. Early inscription on half-title noting that Francois Carrard received the volume from the library of noted Swiss scholar Benjamin Carrard in October of 1792. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding a bit worn, hinges cracked; internally fine. Item number: 276411
Title: Traité de l'Astronomie Indienne et Orientale, Ouvrage qui peut Servir de Suite à l'Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne Author: Bailly, Jean-Sylvain Place: Paris Publisher: Chez Debure Date: 1787 Description: [iv], clxxx, 427 pp. (4to) period full mottled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label lettered in gilt. First Edition. This survey of the astronomy of India and the Orient by the noted French astronomer and historian of astronomy, Jean-Sylvain Bailly, is considered a supplement to his monumental four-volume history of astronomy which had been published between 1775 and 1782. -- Houzeau & Lancaster, I 482. DSB, I, pp. 400-401. Early inscription on half-title noting that Francois Carrard received the volume from the library of noted Swiss scholar Benjamin Carrard in October of 1792. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding a bit worn, hinges cracked; internally fine. Item number: 276411
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