LALANDE, DIRECTEUR DE L'OBSERVATOIRE DE L'ECOLE MILITAIRE, E - Lot 71

LALANDE, DIRECTEUR DE L'OBSERVATOIRE DE L'ECOLE MILITAIRE, ET INSPECTEUR DU COLL (Jérôme le Français dit) - Astronomy. Paris, Chez la veuve Desaint, 1792; in-4, LXVI-478 + 5 plates + 378 (astronomical tables) + 727 + 26 plates + 737 pp. + 8 plates, modern half-brown calf bindings, smooth spines. All 3 volumes. Third edition. Lalande was a pupil of Delisle and Le Monnier. Lalande was sent to Berlin to complete his thesis. He took part in the edition of Edmond Halley's books, to which he added a history of Halley's comet. Lalande then joined the Collège de France. His work on the orbit of Venus brought him great renown. Complete with 44 engraved intaglio and folding plates. Expert : M. Philippe HENRY