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1708 - France Bureau des longitudes,

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€1,000 - 1,500

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27%

France Bureau des longitudes, Imprimerie nationale (France) (ed.). Knowledge of the Times, or Celestial Motions, for the Use of Astronomers and Navigators. For the year ... Magazine 1751–1799 and 1805–1914. 146 vols. Paris, published by the Imprimerie de la République, the Imprimerie Impériale, Courcier, Mme Ve Courcier..., Bachelier..., Mallet-Bachelier, Gauthier-Villar, 1751–1914. Illustrations, tables. Modern cloth-bound volumes. The following 20 volumes are missing: 1852–1863, 1867–1872, and the year 1874; library tags and library stamps. - Published annually under this title by the Bureau des Longitudes beginning in 1795 (earlier volumes were published, starting in 1679, under various titles and, between 1702 and 1795, by the Académie des sciences). According to the catalog of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, publication ceased with the 1978 volume. Most volumes include “Additions” and “Errata.” The title varies. At some point between 1837 and 1850, it changed to begin “Connaissance des temps ... "The imprint varies. Later volumes were published "Chez [Louis] Courcier ..." (1810–1811); "Mme Ve Courcier, printer and bookseller for mathematics and the navy ..." (1812–1821); “Bachelier (successor to Mme Ve Courcier), bookseller for the sciences” or “Bachelier, printer and bookseller for the Bureau des Longitudes” (1822–1853); "Mallet-Bachelier" (1854–1863) and "Gauthier-Villars" (1864–1978). – 3–8.

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Auction details

Auction 146 - Day 2
Thursday, December 10
10:00 AM
Steubenstrasse, 36
75172 Pforzheim, Germany

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