The figure of the earth, . determined from observations made by order of the French King, at the polar circle: by Messrs de Maupertuis, Camus, Clairaut, Le Monnier, members of the Royal Academy of Sciences; the abbé Outhier, correspondent of the Academy; and Mr. Celsius, ... Translated from the French of M. de Maupertuis.
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759)
Category
Books
Date
1738
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3052761
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiv, [4], 184 p., [1], IX folded leaves of plates : ill., map ; 8vo. Running number: 4236. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759)