1 volume. Histoire du ciel où l'on recherche l'origine de l'idolatrie et les méprises de la philosophie sur la formation des corps célestes et de toute la nature nouvelle édition tome Ier (sur l'Egypte) , Paris chez la veuve Estienne et fils, rue S. Jacques à la vertu, 1748, avec approbation et privilège du roi, engraved frontispiece+ xxxvij+2pp+518pp+2pp + 24pl (+1pl. Suppl.) bound in full leather, spine ribbed, headband split corners damaged red title page;, gilt floral designs, red edge, title page damaged, fresh interior. 17 x 10,5cm.

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