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EXPOSITION DU SYSTEME DU MONDE.
by LAPLACE, Pierre Simon.:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
De l'Imprimerie de Crapelet, Paris, J. B. M. Duprat, Libraire pour les Mathematiques quai des Augustins, AN VII (1799).. SECOND EDITION 1799, first published in 1796, revised and expanded by the author in 5 books. Text in French. 4to, approximately 250 x 195 mm, 10 x 8 inches, pages: viii, 1-351, half-title present, bound in half calf over marbled boards. Hinges rubbed and cracked but holding on the cords, slight chipping to head and tail of spine, boards scuffed with some loss of marbled paper, corners worn with board showing at tips, shelf wear edges of boards, first and last endpapers lightly stained plus 2 neat ink names, minor pale small stain to inner margins from page 249 through to end not affecting text, occasional small spot otherwise a good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47725
- Title
- EXPOSITION DU SYSTEME DU MONDE.
- Author
- LAPLACE, Pierre Simon.:
- Format/Binding
- Half calf over marbled boards.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- second edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- De l'Imprimerie de Crapelet, Paris, J. B. M. Duprat, Libraire pour les Mathematiques quai des Augustins, AN VII (1799).
- Date Published
- 1799
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- astronomy stars galaxies planets comets solar system.
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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