[1:] Rapport du Jury Institue par S.M. l'Empereur et Roi, pour le Jugement des Prix Decennaux, en vertu des Decrets des 24 fructidor an 12 et 28 novembre 1809, by Institut France. [2:] Rapport Historique sur les Progres des Sciences Mathematiques . . .
first edition
1810 · Paris:
by DELAMBRE, John Baptiste Joseph (1749-1822); Louis Antoine de BOUGAINVILLE (1729-1811); Institut France.
Paris:: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1810., 1810. THREE WORKS IN ONE. 4to. 174; vii, [1], 272; viii, 263, [1]. Early marbled paper-backed boards; spine rebacked with maroon kozo. Occasional foxing. RARE. Very good. First printing of a "major historical work" / DSB. It was with this work that Delambre initiates his life's work into the history of astronomy that became a standard, all started after the present history of mathematics before 1789. Full titles: [1:] Rapport du Jury Institue par S.M. l'Empereur et Roi, pour le Jugement des Prix Decennaux, en vertu (truncated)