$660
A group of 3 books or sets by Pierre Simon LaPlace. Paris: Mme. Ve Courcier, 1813. 4to., full leather, gilt-decorated backstrip, blue speckled edges. Fourth Edition. Bookplate of the University of Chicago Library to the front pastedown. Rebound; light wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; light foxing throughout; otherwise a sound copy. Boston: Hillard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1829-1839. 2 vols. complete. Folio, cloth boards. Original receipt laid-in vol. 1, dated May 29, 1832. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; soiling and fading to boards and backstrip of vol. 2; light foxing throughout. London: Richard Phillips, 1809. 2 vols. 8vo., gilt-decorated leather boards, marbled edges. First Edition. Bookplates of The John Crerar Collection of Rare Books on the History of Science and Medicine (2) and Mr. Henry William Paget to front pastedown. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; fading and soiling to boards and backstrip; front board separated from both vols.; 1/2 backstrip lacking from vol. 2; chip to head and foot of backstrip.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2007-03-16
