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    • Gravity.- de Maupertuis (Pierre Louis Moreau) La figure de la terre, déterminée par les observations ... faites par ordre du roy au cercle polaire, first edition, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, …
      Aug. 26, 2021

      Gravity.- de Maupertuis (Pierre Louis Moreau) La figure de la terre, déterminée par les observations ... faites par ordre du roy au cercle polaire, first edition, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, …

      Est: £400 - £600

      de Maupertuis (Pierre Louis Moreau) La figure de la terre, déterminée par les observations ... faites par ordre du roy au cercle polaire, first edition, 9 engraved plates and map, light surface abrasion to title, light water-staining to rear endpapers, contemporary calf ruled in gilt, spine ornately gilt with red morocco title label, very light rubbing to extremities, joints cracked but holding strong, overall a remarkably clean example, [Norman 1458; Babson 94], 8vo, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1738. ⁂ Maupertuis' account of the expedition to Lapland to measure the length of a degree of the meridian near the pole. His result showed that the diameter of the Earth is greater at the equator than at the poles, confirming Newton's prediction based on his law of universal gravitation.

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    • ROUSSEAU Le devin du village. Intermède représenté à Fontainebleu [...]. Pa
      Jun. 14, 2019

      ROUSSEAU Le devin du village. Intermède représenté à Fontainebleu [...]. Pa

      Est: €500 - €600

      ROUSSEAU Le devin du village. Intermède représenté à Fontainebleu [...]. Paris Boivin 1753 Large 4to: [2]-95 pp. (single wormhole at bottom right of all pp., some repaired tears, min. waterstaining, t.p. missing, ms. annotations in brown ink). 19th cent. half moroc. binding, marbl. cardb. covers (rubbed, corners sl. worn). First and probably only edition of the full engr. music score of Rousseau's one-act opera (intermède); he wrote both the libretto and the music. It was the first work in the repertory of the Académie Royale de Musique for which the text and music were by the same author. It was first performed on 18 October 1752 before the royal court at Fontainebleau, and for the public, on 1 March 1753 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. King Louis XV loved the piece so much that he offered Rousseau the great honour of a pension for life. Rousseau refused the honour. However, the opera became one of the most popular of its day and brought him both wealth and fame. The opera was also performed at the wedding of the future Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The opera inspired the twelve-year old Mozart to compose "Bastien et Bastienne" (KV. 50) in 1768. Ref. Cioranescu III:54879. Prov. "De la Taverne" (ms. ownership mark). Joined: Rousseau, J.J. - Dictionaire de musique. London (Brussels), [1779]. 4to: x-538 pp. (browning). Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (leather title label detached and clumsily repaired). The ninth and final vol. of the "Collection Complete des Oeuvres de J.J. Rousseau". Ill. with engr. front. by Moreau and 13 engr. folding pl. with music scores. Ref. Conlon 500. - Cioranescu III:54860. - Brunet IV:1424. Prov. Coll. stamp. (2 vol)

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