CASSINI, Jacques - Tables astronomiques du soleil, de la lune, des planètes, des étoiles fixes, et des satellites de Jupiter et de Saturne; avec l'explication et l'usage de ces mêmes tables. [- Addition aux tables astronomiques de M. Cassini].

Description: 4to: xiv-[6]-120-222; [4]-98 pp. (5 folding pl. missing, pp. 81-84 bound upside down, pp. 179 before 177). - 1st ed. with the additions of 1756 by Jacques Cassini who measured in 1713 the arc of the meridian from Dunkirk to Perpignan and published the first tables of the moons of Saturn in 1716. Without the 5 folding engr. by Simonneau, but with the finely engraved headpiece by H. S. Thomassin (1688-1741). - Ref. Houzeau & Lancaster 12793 + 12799.
Artist Name: CASSINI, Jacques Circa: 1740-1756

Condition: Contemp. red leather, marbled paper covers (sl. used).