‎DELAMBRE Jean Baptiste :‎
‎Astronomie théorique et pratique. (3 volumes).‎

‎" Paris, Courcier, 1814, 3 vols in-4°, lxiv pp + 586 pp + 11 engraved folding plates ; (4)nn pp + 622 pp + (2)nn pp (errata) + 8 plates ; (4)nn pp + 719 pp +(1)(errata) + 10 plates (complete). Contemporary half leather bindings, marbled covers, two labels on smooth spines. Bindings a bit worn, marbled papers on covers renewed. Interior good, copy with large margins. First edition. This book was published one year after Delambre's ''Abrégé d'Astronomie''. At the Collège de France he succeeded Lalande and this three-volume publication is derived from the astronomy course which he taught at the Collège. (See Houzeau & Lancaster 9274)."‎

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