Recherches sur la précession des équinoxes, et sur la nutation de l'axe de la terre, dans le système newtonien. 4to: xxxviii-[2]-184 pp; 4 plates (a few marg. spots). - First edition of this rare work on the recession of the equinoxes and the earth's axis, important for the study of the planetory motion in the Newtonian system. Complete with 4 folding pl. Extensive notes on the loose flyleaves in an old hand. - Ref. Poggendorff 28. - De la Lande 436. - Macclesfield Library 146. - Prov. Radcliffe Observatory, astronomical observatory of the University of Oxford from 1773 until 1934 (libr. stamp). - Charles Gyselynck (mod. bookpl.).