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Réflexions sur les Comètes qui peuvent approcher de la Terre

Réflexions sur les Comètes qui peuvent approcher de la Terre

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Réflexions sur les Comètes qui peuvent approcher de la Terre

by LALANDE, Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançais de

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One engraved plate & one woodcut head-piece vignette. 40 pp. 8vo, attractive modern marbled boards, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Gibert, 1773. First edition of this famous book which caused a panic in Paris before it was published. Lalande "caused another stir in 1773, when he discussed the possibility of a collision between the earth and a comet. His work on the perturbation of comets by the planets indicated that the orbit of a comet might be altered enough to make a collision with the earth possible. He realized that the likelihood of such a collision was extremely slight, but he failed to emphasize this point in summarizing his paper before the Academy. The result was a panic in Paris based on the rumor that Lalande had predicted the imminent destruction of the earth. Even prompt publication of the entire paper [this book] did not completely reassure the public."-D.S.B., VII, p. 581. Fine copy. ❧ Lalande, pp. 536-37. Yeomans, Comets, pp. 166-67.

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Title
Réflexions sur les Comètes qui peuvent approcher de la Terre
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LALANDE, Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançais de
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astronomy, comets, mathematics, science

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First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Vignette
A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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....
Plate
Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Fine
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Marbled boards
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