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1377 - PASSEMANT, Claude Siméon. The Construction of a Reflecting Telescope by Mr. Newton … and Several Other Telescopes … Including the Composition of the Material for the Mirrors, and the Method of Polishing and Mounting Them …, Amsterdam (Pierre Mortier) 1741. In-8°, brown half-shagreen, marbled covers, marbled endpapers, title in red and black, pp. xii + 212, one folded plate (scorch marks, repaired tear), pages untrimmed, some browned.
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PASSEMANT, Claude Siméon. The Construction of a Reflecting Telescope by Mr. Newton … and Several Other Telescopes … Including the Composition of the Material for the Mirrors, and the Method of Polishing and Mounting Them …, Amsterdam (Pierre Mortier) 1741. In-8°, brown half-shagreen, marbled covers, marbled endpapers, title in red and black, pp. xii + 212, one folded plate (scorch marks, repaired tear), pages untrimmed, some browned. Provenance 1. Nachet, microscope manufacturer in Paris (engraved bookplate). Pirated edition of the 1738 quarto edition. Provenance: library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)
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