Métrologie, ou Traité des Mesures, Poids et Monnoies des Anciens Peuples & des Modernes. Alexis-Jean-Pierre Paucton. Binding: Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Edition: 1st Edition. This is the first publication of the french mathematician Alexis-Jean-Pierre Paucton's "Métrologie, ou Traité des Mesures, Poids et Monnoies des Anciens Peuples & des Modernes" (955 numbered pages, plus 6 information pages), published by Chez la Veuve Desaint, Paris, in 1780, with all text in french. The cover (app. 8" x 10.25") is contemporary, likely original, full leather with 5 raised bands, gilt decoration to the spine, and gilt title lettering in an attached black background. This is worn, with weakness to the front hinge, shallow edge wear at most points, and extensive crackling on the spine, which is straight. The gold title is chipped but legible. The marbled inside cover spreads are unfaded and clean, with no stamps or other attachments, and no writing. The only extraneous element is the ink stamp, Bibliothèque de ADn de Gasparin, to the title page. The binding is solid, with no loose or missing pages. The edges, dyed red all-around, are unfaded and clean, as are the page faces, which have occasional light stains, but no prominent stains, with all the lettering unfaded and clearly legible. There are few creases and no notable tears.

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