DUPUIS, Charles François
Mémoire sur l'origine des constellations, et sur l'explication de la fable, par le moyen de l'astronomie. Paris, widow Desaint, 1781. In-4 (260 x 196 mm) of 228 pp. Marbled calf, spine decorated, red edges (period binding).
First edition of this memoir by Dupuis, extracted according to the note in the BnF electronic catalogue from volume IV of Lalande's Astronomie of 1771.
Important historical work on constellations and zodiacs since antiquity, passing through Egypt, Babylonia, India, Greece, and Italy. A very fine and well preserved copy.
Provenance: La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (La Roche-Guyon library stamp on the title).
