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Berlin: Ambrosius Haude, 1744. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (228 x 188 mm). [3] 4-187 (i.e. 186) pp., engraved frontispiece by F.H. Fritsch, engraved device on title, woodcut head- and tailpieces, 4 folding engraved plates bound at end; bound without the cancel leaf A4 as in most copies. 18th century marbled paper wrappers (minor rubbind to extremities, short tear at head of lower wrapper). Minor mostly marginal spotting and browning. Very good, wide-margined copy. ---- FIRST EDITION OF EULER'S FIRST TREATISE ON ASTRONOMY and "a fundamental work on calculation of orbits" (DSB). Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) drew up lunar tables in 1744, clearly already studying gravitational attraction in the Earth, Moon and Sun system. In his "Theoria" he calculates the orbits of planets and comets, later refined by Lagrange. "With regard to the theory of perturbed motion of celestial bodies, Euler formulated the perturbation theory in general terms so… Read More

1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraving of a comet by F. H. Fritsch; 4 folding diagrams at rear; plus Ornamental vignettes with fantasy motifs. 4to. Contemporary leather binding, spine with 5 raised bands; gilt-lettered red morocco label and gilt designs. Berolini Sumtibus Ambrosii Haude . . . (Berlini 1744). First Edition. (Brunet: II, col. 1092; Graesse: II, p. 518; Houzeau & Lancaster: Nº 11948; Dic. Biographique et Bibliographique: p. 308.) Leonardo Euler, the noted Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and philosopher, was for many years a professor in Berlin at the Court of Frederick the Great. In 1766, at the request of the Empress of Russia, Catherine II, he left Germany and went to Russia, where lived until his death in 1783. His work in astronomy was recognized by a number of Paris Academy Prizes over the course of his career. In this work Euler gives the solutions of the main problems of theoretical astronomy dealing with the structure, nature,… Read More