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EDDINGTON, Arthur. 

Nouveaux Sentiers de la Science. 

Paris, Hermann, 1936.
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Sir Arthur Eddington (1882-1944) was a British astronomer, physicist, and mathematician, professor of astronomy at the University of Cambridge, known for his work on general relativity and astrophysics. His work Nouveaux Sentiers de la Science (New Paths in Science) explores the most recent developments in physics and astronomy of the time. Translated by P. Guénard, this book is aimed at a broad, educated audience. It is a fascinating testament to the state of scientific knowledge in the 1930s, addressing topics such as cosmology, quantum mechanics, and the relationship between science and philosophy.

Photo ANTONIADI, Eugène-Michel. 

ANTONIADI, Eugène-Michel. 

La Planète Mars [1659-1929]. 

Paris, Hermann et cie, 1930.
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200 €

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A study of the planet Mars based on the results obtained with the large telescope at the Meudon Observatory and an analytical account of all the work carried out on this star since 1659. An astronomer of Greek origin, Eugène Antoniadi (1870-1944) was one of the great specialists on the planet Mars. He was deputy director of the observatory created by Camille Flammarion in Juvisy-sur-Orge. Antoniadi devotes a chapter to the illusion of Martian canals, the non-existence of which he proved. His Martian cartography remained in use until the space age.

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ESCLANGON, Ernest. 

Les Preuves astronomiques de la Relativité. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1922.
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250 €

First edition.
Offprint from an article published in the Bulletin astronomique
. From the beginning of his article the author warns us: "Astronomers are preparing to renew and multiply the observations whose doubtful and hitherto uncontested results have nevertheless served as a fundamental basis for this sort of scientific religion which has become relativity". Esclangon re-examines the evidence then known (calculation of Mercury's perihelions, deviation of the Sun's rays, variations of lines), and exposes certain paradoxes (superluminal speed of a projected shadow).

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POINCARÉ, Henri. 

Leçons sur les hypothèses cosmogoniques. 

Paris, A. Hermann et fils, 1913.
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Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. His work covered multiple fields and influenced 20th-century physics. This work is a compilation of his lectures on astronomy and cosmogonic hypotheses, which are theories about the formation of celestial bodies. The book is based on the notes from his courses at the Sorbonne.

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POINCARÉ, Henri. 

Leçons sur les hypothèses cosmogoniques. 

Paris, A. Hermann, 1911.
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150 €

First edition.
Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. His work covered multiple fields and influenced 20th-century physics.
This work is a compilation of his lectures on astronomy and cosmogonic hypotheses, which are theories about the formation of celestial bodies.
The book is based on the notes from his courses at the Sorbonne.

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BELOT, Emile. 

Essai de cosmogonie tourbillonnaire. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1911.
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120 €

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Émile Belot (1857-1944), graduate of the École Normale Supérieure, agrégé de philosophie, and chief engineer of the State Manufactures. Passionate about astronomy, he was a member of the Société astronomique de France from 1904. In this work, Belot proposes a theory of the formation of the solar system in which he hypothesizes a nebulous proto-sun entering into violent contact with a larger nebula and explains that such an encounter is at the origin of planetary systems and their organization according to a logarithmic spiral on the diagram in which the planets of this system are distributed by vortical absorption and concretion of the dust of the jostled nebula.

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ANDOYER, Henri. 

Cours d'astronomie. 

Paris, A. Hermann et fils, 1909-1911.
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Second edition for the first part (1911. the first edition was published in 1906); it deals with theoretical astronomy.
First edition for the second part, concerning practical astronomy.
Andoyer succeeded Poincaré as professor of general astronomy and celestial mechanics at the Faculty of Sciences of Paris.

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FLAMMARION, Camille. 

Astronomie populaire : Description générale du ciel. 

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1908.
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POINCARÉ, Henri. 

Leçons de Mécanique Céleste. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1905-1910.
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900 €

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Henri Poincaré (1854-1912), a member of the Institute and professor at the Faculty of Sciences of Paris, was one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists of his time, making fundamental contributions to many fields. His Leçons de Mécanique Céleste (Lessons on Celestial Mechanics) is a masterpiece that explores the dynamics of celestial bodies, particularly the theory of planetary perturbations, a central topic for understanding the stability of the solar system.

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DUPUY, Léon. 

Exposé de la méthode de Hansen pour le calcul des perturbations spéciales des petites planètes. 

[Paris], [Baillière], [1874].
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150 €

First edition.
Article published in the Memoirs of the Physical and Natural Sciences Society of Bordeaux.TX on this fundamental problem of celestial mechanics which preoccupied mathematicians and astronomers at the end of the 19th century. Discussion on Hansen's method which is a perturbation theory approach to the three-body problem.

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SECCHI, Angelo. 

Le Soleil. Exposé des principales découvertes modernes sur la structure de cet astre, son influence dans l'univers et ses relations avec les autres corps célestes. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1870.
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200 €

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Angelo Secchi (1818-1877) was a prominent Italian Jesuit priest and astronomer, director of the Roman College Observatory. A pioneer of stellar spectroscopy, he is recognized as one of the pioneers of spectroscopy. His work on the Sun was revolutionary, using spectroscopic techniques to study its composition and structure. This work is a synthesis of the knowledge of the time about our star, integrating modern discoveries and the Sun's relationships with other celestial bodies.

Numerous figures in the text, some with color highlights. Two fold-out color spectrum plates.

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BÉRON, Pierre. 

Physique Céleste, contenant le système du monde exposé d'après la distribution apparente des corps célestes déduite de la perspective et d'après la distribution réelle de ces corps déduite de l'astrogonie. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1866.
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Pierre Béron (1799-1871) was a Bulgarian philosopher and scientist. His work Physique Céleste (Celestial Physics) explores the system of the world, addressing both the apparent distribution of celestial bodies, deduced from perspective, and their actual distribution, based on astrogony (a theory of the formation and evolution of stars). This work reflects the 19th-century scientific debates concerning cosmology and astronomy, seeking to reconcile observations and theories on the structure of the universe. Béron was a controversial figure, and his works attempted to propose a philosophical and scientific synthesis.

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ARAGO, François Jean Dominique. 

Leçons d'astronomie professées à l'observatoire. 

Paris, Chamerot, 1849.
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François Arago (1786-1853) was a French physicist, astronomer, and statesman, and a member of the Institut. His work in astronomy had a notable impact. This work is a compilation of his astronomy courses, based on his lectures given at the Observatory. The book is a pedagogical manual that presents the principles of astronomy in an accessible way for the educated public of his time.

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JACOBI, Carl Gustav Jacob. 

Mémoire sur l'élimination des noeuds dans le problème des trois corps. 

Paris, Bachelier, 1844.
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350 €

First off-print publication of Jacobi's article on his approach to the three-body problem.

Jacobi's article is binded following two other memoirs on celestial mechanics, extracted from the Journal de Liouville:
CISA DE GRESY, Memoir on the problem of the disturbance of the planets, Bachelor, [1828]
LE DOULCET DE PONTECOULANT, Memoir on the part of the coefficients of the great inequalities of Jupiter and Saturn which depend on the square of the pertubating forces, Paris, Bachelier, [1829].

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ANQUETIL, Jean-Pierre. 

Questions sur l'astronomie, suivies de la proposition d'un nouveau système. 

Paris, Dondey-Dupré, 1835.
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Jean-Pierre Anquetil was a scientific author specializing in astronomy and mathematics. This work is a series of questions and answers on the principles of astronomy, followed by a theoretical proposal for a new astronomical system.

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DELAMBRE, Jean-Baptiste. 

Astronomie théorique et pratique. 

Paris, Vve Courcier, 1814.
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350 €

First edition of this classical work on astronomy.

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BIOT, Jean-Baptiste. 

Traité élémentaire d'astronomie physique, destiné a l'enseignement dans les lycées nationaux et les écoles secondaires. 

Paris, Bernard, An xiii - 1805.
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150 €

First edition.
Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862) was a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician, and a member of the Institut National de France. His work focused on astronomy, optics, and geodesy. This work is a manual on physical astronomy, which is the study of the physics of celestial objects. It was designed for teaching in high schools and secondary schools.
This book is composed of four books, whose subjects are: General phenomena and means of observation, the theory of the Sun, the theory of the Moon and the theory of planets, comets and satellites.

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LENDY. 

Dissertations sur quelques points de physique, ou nouvel exposé des causes de plusieurs phénomènes dont la solution est encore problématique. 

Paris, Madame Huzard, An X [1802].
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450 €

Rare work. Only two copies located in French libraries (ccfr).
The book contains two essays. The first on capillarity the second on how the sun warm us.
We joint a letter from the author.

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DELAMARCHE, Charles-François. 

Les Usages de la Sphère et des Globes Céleste et Terrestre. 

Paris, Collège de Me Gervais, An VII [1799].
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120 €

Second edition.
Summary of geography according to Ptolemy and Copernicus. Contains a user manual for armillary spheres.

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LAPLACE, Pierre-Simon de. 

Exposition du Système du Monde. 

Paris, Duprat, An VII [1798].
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500 €

Second edition.

Mathematician and Physicist, Laplace (1749-1827) this "French Newton" is one of the most influential scientists of the Napoleonic period.
The work was very successful and was reissued five times with each reissue some modifications by the author. In this second edition, Laplace introduces for the first time the metric system that he had helped to adopt.

In this second edition of the Exposition du Système du Monde we find also the first time the hypothesis of the existence of black holes. This "weird" hypothesis will be deleted in the further editions.

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LAPLACE, Pierre-Simon de. 

Exposition du Système du Monde. 

Paris, Imprimerie du cercle social, An IV [1796].
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1000 €

First edition.
Mathematician and physicist, Laplace (1749-1827) this "French Newton" is one of the most influential scientists of the Napoleonic period.
The book was very successful and was reissued five times with each reissue some changes by the author.

If the term "black hole" was not created until 1967, the principle was however already imagined by Laplace in his System of the world: "A luminous star of the same density as the earth, and whose diameter would be two hundred and fifty times larger than that of the sun, would not allow any of its rays to reach us by virtue of its attraction; it is therefore possible that the largest luminous bodies in the universe are thereby invisible. II, p.305).
This hypothesis considered fanciful will be removed from the third edition.

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BAILLY, Jean-Sylvain. 

Traité de l'astronomie indienne et orientale, ouvrage qui peut servir de suite à l'histoire de l'astronomie ancienne. 

Paris, Debure l'ainé, 1787.
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450 €

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The Treatise on Indian and Oriental Astronomy is an important work by Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1736-1793), astronomer and major political figure of the early French Revolution (he was the first mayor of Paris). Published in 1787, it constitutes the continuation and culmination of his monumental History of Astronomy, begun in 1775. In this treatise, Bailly explores non-European astronomical systems, focusing particularly on the astronomy of the Indians.

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DIONIS DU SEJOUR, Achille Pierre. 

Traité analytique des mouvemens apparens des corps célestes. 

Paris, Veuve Valade, 1786-1789.
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3000 €

First edition.
Work described by Lalande as "the greatest work of analytical astronomy".
"After having applied analysis to all parts of astronomy, he collected all the memoirs he had published in the volumes of the Academy, perfecting them, bringing them together by a methodical sequence, making their principles more elementary , the more numerous applications, and he formed a large work of it in two large volumes in-4°, published in 1786 and 1789" (wikipedia).

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LA LANDE, Joseph Jérôme. 

Abrégé d'astronomie. 

Paris, Vve Desaint, 1774.
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A condensed and educational version of his magnum opus, Astronomy (1764). The work testifies to the Enlightenment's effort to popularize science.

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CLAIRAUT, Alexis. 

Théorie de la Lune, déduite du seul principe de l'attraction. 

Paris, Dessaint & Saillant, 1765.
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1500 €

Second edition.
This second edition brings together the Theory of the Moon and the Tables of the Moon published by Clairaut in 1752 and 1754 which are the first approximate resolution of the three-body problem. Between 1747 and 1754, three of the greatest mathematicians of their time, Euler, D'Alembert and Clairaut, opposed each other on a common project: to develop new mathematical methods in order to resolve the complex problems posed by the movement of the Moon, subject to both to the gravitational pull of the Earth and the Sun. The issue was both scientific and economic since the establishment of precise astronomical tables was necessary for the reliability of navigation at sea.

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FONTAINE Des BERTINS, Alexis. 

Mémoires donnés à l'académie royale des sciences non imprimés dans leur temps, par M.Fontaine, de cette académie. 

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1764.
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750 €

First edition.
Twelve memories, dealing essentially with infinitesimal geometry, integral calculus, mechanics, and astronomy.

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LA LANDE, Jérôme de. 

Exposition du calcul astronomique. 

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1762.
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1500 €

First edition of one of Lalande's earliest works in which he provides explanations of astronomical calculations.
With numerous tables regarding the sun and motions of the planets.
One of the plates depicts the face of the moon.
Some old manuscripts notes.

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CLAIRAUT, Alexis. 

Tables de la Lune, calculées suivant la théorie de la gravitation universelle. 

Paris, Durand, 1754.
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2500 €

First edition of the tables of the Moon resulting from the calculations of Alexis Clairaut on the problem of the three bodies.

"Between 1747 and 1754, three of the greatest mathematicians of their time, Euler, D'Alembert and Clairaut, oppose a common project: to develop new mathematical methods in order to solve the complex problem posed by the movement of the Moon, submitted at the same time to the gravitational attraction of the Earth and the Sun. [...] But the stake is not only mathematical, it became indeed urgent, for the needs of the astronomical navigation, for the safety of the roads maritime and commercial, and for the protection of crews to finally have tables giving the ecliptic longitude of the Moon with sufficient precision in order to make the lunar distance method applicable at sea. " (Guy Boistel. Beyond the problem of the three bodies: Alexis Clairaut and his nautical tables of the Moon (1751-1765) Proceedings of the congress on the history of science and technology, Poitiers, May 20-22, 2004).

The stake both scientific and commercial explains why Clairaut in the introduction of his tables indicates the precise chronology of the disclosure to the public of his mathematical discoveries. Although proposing the most accurate mathematical solution of the problem of the three bodies, it will be preceded by the German Mayer who publishes in 1753 his tables established in an empirical way. And it is Mayer who will be awarded by the Board of Longitude the prize of 3000 pounds sterling to the chagrin of Clairaut.

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HALLEY, Edmond || DE LALANDE, Jérôme || CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE, Jean de (Abbé). 

Tables astronomiques de M. Hallei. 

Paris, Durand & Pissot, 1754-1759.
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First edition in French of Halley's astronomical tables after the original in Latin of 1749.
The first volume supervised by Chappe d'Auteroche presents the tables of the Sun and the Moon with additions by Le Monnier.
The second volume supervised by Jérôme De Lalande presents the tables of planets and comets, and is preceded by a translation of the theory of comets by Halley.
More than the Halley's text, Lalande presents for the first time his account of the return of the 1682 comet in 1759. Lalande's work is indeed published shortly after the return of the 1682 comet (henceforth called "Halley's comet") whose the English scientist had predicted, according to the Newtonian equations, the passage in the terrestrial sky at the end of the year 1758 or the beginning of the year 1759... which was indeed the case.
This experimental proof of the theories of Newton was a milestone in astronomy.

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MAUPERTUIS, Pierre-Louis-Moreau de. 

Les Oeuvres de Mr. De Maupertuis. 

Dresde, George Conrad Walther, 1752.
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1500 €

Rare first collective edition of the works of Maupertuis.
Contain : Essay de Cosmologie - Discours sur les différentes figures des astres - Mesure de la Terre au Cercle polaire - Elements de geographie - Lettre sur la Comete qui paroissoit en 1742 - Venus physique - Harangue prononcee dans l'Academie francoise - Discours prononcé dans l'Academie des Sciences le jour de la naissance du Roy - Des devoirs de l'Academicien - Eloge M. de Keyserlingh - Eloge de M. de Bork - Eloge de M. le Marechal de Schmettau - Relation d'un voyage fait dans la Laponie - Lettre sur le progres des sciences - Reflexions philosophique sur l'origine des Langues - Essay de philosophie morale.

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