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La figure de la terre, déterminée par les observations de messieurs Bouguer & de La Condamine, de l'Académie royale des sçiences, envoyés par ordre du roy au Pérou, pour observer aux environs de l'équateur avec une relation abregée de ce voyage, qui contient la description du pays dans lequel les opérations ont été faites par M. Bouguer

Catalog Data

Author:
Bouguer M (Pierre),) 1698-1758  Search this
Author:
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de 1701-1774  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[24], cx, [2], 394, [2] pages, [9] folded leaves of plates illustrations, map 26 cm. (4to)
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Peru
Date:
1749
Notes:
Errata: p. [395]-[396]
Signatures: *-3*⁴ a-o⁴ A⁴(±A₁) B-3C⁴ D²
Title vignette (publisher's image Notre-Dame device); engraved head pieces; tail pieces; decoratedinitials
To accompany vol. for 1739 of "Academie des sciences, Paris. Histoire." of Lasteyrie
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Book plate: lines through plate and manuscript notes in ink; plate signed: ?ve ?belitz Mainz
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Ms. note in ink on title page: 1816 ?
Ownership stamp in ink on title page: SÖE Officerenrnes Bibliothekstempel
Press mark: c? no. 13, on spine and t.p
Signed in ink on recto of 2nd front free end paper: ?ve ?belitz; manuscript notes in ink: illegible
Topic:
Arc measures  Search this
Travel  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_273791