Dégré du méridien entre Paris et Amiens,
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759)
Category
Books
Date
1740
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3187966
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], lvj, 116 p., [8] leaves of plates (3 folded) : ill. ; 8vo. Running number: 4230. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "M. both" [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. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) Pierre-Charles Le Monnier (1715-1799) Guillaume d'Heulland (d.c.1770) Alexis-Claude Clairaut (1713-1765) Charles-Étienne-Louis Camus (1699 - 1768) Jean Picard (1620-1682) Jean Picard (1620-1682) Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715-1799)