LAPLACE (Pierre-Simon de). - Lot 198

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LAPLACE (Pierre-Simon de). - Lot 198
LAPLACE (Pierre-Simon de). Exposure of the world system. Third edition, revised and expanded by the author. Paris, Courcier, 1808. In-4 de VIII, 405, (1) pp., contemporary half calf binding, spine decorated, marbled edges. Published as early as 1797, the first edition of the Exposition du système du monde anticipated by two years that of the first volume of Mécanique céleste, a monumental work published in five volumes over a quarter of a century (1799-1825) and which brings together all of Laplace's mathematical research on the movement and structure of celestial bodies. Laplace never ceased to keep his book up to date so that it would take into account the evolution of his thinking and the latest developments in astronomy and physics. A second edition was published in 1799, the present third in 1808, the following ones in 1813, 1824 and 1835, the latter posthumously. Good copy, very fresh. The portrait of the author is missing.
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