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The return of Halley's Comet, 1835

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Description

Heading:
Author: Pontécoulant, Louis Gustav le Doulcet, comte de
Title: Notice sur la Comète de Halley de son retour en 1835, suivie d'un Éphéméride calculé par M. A. Bouvard Membre de l'Institut et Bureau des Longitudes
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:Bachelier
Date Published: 1835
Description:

[4], vii, [1], 132 pp. Folding engraved chart showing the comet's route through the heavens. (12mo) 15x9.5 cm (6x3½"), original blue printed wrappers. First Edition.

Important paper on the 1835 return of Halley's Comet, by a prominent celestial mechanician, who also wrote on lunar theory. Quite rare - OCLC/WorldCat lists only five copies in institutional libraries.

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Some wrapper wear, chips at corners and spine ends; light foxing within, small stain to lower margin of earlier leaves; very good.

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