SCIENCES/ASTRONOMY] - Lot 55

SCIENCES/ASTRONOMY] KEILL (Jean)] Astronomical Institutions, or Elementary Lessons in Astronomy to Serve as an Introduction to Celestial Physics and the Science of Longitude, Paris, Hippolyte-Louis Guérin, 1746 One volume in-4, full calfskin, spine ribbed and richly decorated with gilt fleurons, title leaf: title, (6) pages, LXIV, 660 pages, 15 fold-out plates. First edition of the French translation by P.C. Le Monnier (astronomer to Louis XV); illustrated with 15 fold-out plates. The translation includes notes and commentary by Le Monnier, making it an “improved” version of Keill’s original text. Dulled corners, trimmed edges. Interior in fresh condition. Handwritten note on p. 298.