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501 - BOUGUER, Pierre. *The Shape of the Earth, Determined by the Observations of Messrs. Bouguer and La Condamine [...] Sent by Order of the King to Peru to Conduct Observations in the Vicinity of the Equator*. With an abridged account of this journey, containing a description of the region where the observations were made. Paris: Ch.-A. Jombert, 1749. 4to: [24]-cx-[2]-394-[2] pp.; 9 plates (small marginal water stain in the last section). Contemporary quarter marbled sheepskin, marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands, red edges (slightly rubbed). Copy with wide margins. First edition of the report of the scientific mission to measure an arc of the meridian near the equator by the French astronomers Bouguer (1698–1758) and Charles-Marie de La Condamine (1701–1774), including an extensive account of their travels to Peru. Illustrated with 9 folding plates. It is considered the most important report of the French geodetic mission to the equator. Ref. Sabin 6876. - European Americana 749/35. - Honeyman 446.
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BOUGUER, Pierre. *The Shape of the Earth, Determined by the Observations of Messrs. Bouguer and La Condamine [...] Sent by Order of the King to Peru to Conduct Observations in the Vicinity of the Equator*. With an abridged account of this journey, containing a description of the region where the observations were made. Paris: Ch.-A. Jombert, 1749. 4to: [24]-cx-[2]-394-[2] pp.; 9 plates (small marginal water stain in the last section). Contemporary quarter marbled sheepskin, marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands, red edges (slightly rubbed). Copy with wide margins. First edition of the report of the scientific mission to measure an arc of the meridian near the equator by the French astronomers Bouguer (1698–1758) and Charles-Marie de La Condamine (1701–1774), including an extensive account of their travels to Peru. Illustrated with 9 folding plates. It is considered the most important report of the French geodetic mission to the equator. Ref. Sabin 6876. - European Americana 749/35. - Honeyman 446.
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