LAPLACE (Pierre-Simon de). Exposition du système du monde. Paris, Courcier, 1808. In-4, green half-chagrin, spine decorated with gilt and cold-stamped fillets, C. M. at tail, spotted edges (19th century binding). Third edition, revised and enlarged by the author, with a portrait engraved by Faulconnier on the frontispiece. From the library of Émile Mellinet (1798-1894), a soldier and collector from Nantes, with bookplate. False title missing. Faint wetness on the portrait and on 4 pages, tear repaired on the last leaf.