The System of the World
London: Richard Phillips, 1809. First English edition. Hardcover. Small octavo, half tan calf and marbled boards. All edges dyed red. Gilt floral motif in the spine panels with red and brown labels. 379, 375pp. Volume two professionally rebacked. Volume one has a light dampstain at the bottom of the first 11 leaves and the leather. This can be seen in the addiitional pictures. There are two half-inch closed tears in the margin of Vol. 2, pp. 355-358. Very good. Item #19590
Translated from the French by J. Pond, this is the First English edition after the Paris 1796 edition. It is comprised of five books, discussing The Apparent Motion of the Celestial Bodies, The Real Motion of the Celestial Bodies, The Laws of Motion, The Theory of Gravitation, and concludes with with the author's Considerations on the System of the Universe, and on the Future Progress of Astronomy. mm.
Price: $950.00