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MAUPERTUIS, Pierre Louis de. *The Shape of the Earth Determined by Observations … Made … at the Arctic Circle*, new edition, Paris 1739. In-8°, recent sheepskin binding, ribbed spine, gilt, red edges, pp. xxiv + [iv] + 208, some pages browned, woodcut illustrations in the text and one folded engraved map. In this edition, the figures are placed on the pages to which they pertain. Provenance: library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)
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