LES TRADITIONS CHRONOLOGIQUES CHRÉTIENNES CONFRONTÉES Avec Les Mesures Astronomiques Des Temps Moyens Solaires et Lunaires
(Vienna: Imprimerie de Charles Gerold Fils, 1858).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS VERY RARE EARLY WORK ATTEMPTING TO CORRELATE THE CHRISTIAN CALENDAR WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE STARS AND PLANETS. OCLC lists a few copies only in France and England. No copies are listed as being held in American institutions. Item #27370
Very Rare First Edition With a large multi-folding pull-out chart at the rear of the volume. 8vo, publisher's original paper wrappers printed in black on upper cover. 36 pp. A well preserved copy of this rare volume, with only minimal wear and mellowing, the text largely unopened, evidence of old damp at the bottom quarter of the text-block, neither offensive or obtrusive.
See all items in
Science and Natural History