Important history of ancient astronomy, with chapters on Egyptian, Chaldean and Persian astronomy by Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Important history of ancient astronomy, with chapters on Egyptian, Chaldean and Persian astronomy by Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Important history of ancient astronomy, with chapters on Egyptian, Chaldean and Persian astronomy by Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Important history of ancient astronomy, with chapters on Egyptian, Chaldean and Persian astronomy by Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Important history of ancient astronomy, with chapters on Egyptian, Chaldean and Persian astronomy by Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Important history of ancient astronomy, with chapters on Egyptian, Chaldean and Persian astronomy by Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Important history of ancient astronomy, with chapters on Egyptian, Chaldean and Persian astronomy by Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Important history of ancient astronomy, with chapters on Egyptian, Chaldean and Persian astronomy by Jean-Sylvain Bailly

Important history of ancient astronomy, with chapters on Egyptian, Chaldean and Persian astronomy 1775

Jean-Sylvain Bailly

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  • A proposito di opere d'arte
    Histoire de l'astronomie ancienne, depuis son origine jusqu'a l'établissement de l'École d'Alexandrie.
    Paris, Debure brothers, 1775. 4to. With 3 numbered folding engraved plates.
    Beautifully bound in contemporary gold-tooled red morocco, each board with coat of arms of Simon-Pierre Merard de Saint-Just in the centre, marbled endpapers. In modern slipcase covered with marbled paper.

    First edition of a history of astronomy from prehistoric times to the Alexandrian school in the third century BC, by Jean-Sylvain Bailly. It covers not only European and biblical sources but also the cosmographical concepts of Chinese, Egyptian, Persian and Chaldean astronomers. Some of the surviving artefacts that provided a basis for his studies are illustrated in the plates, which are designed to fold out so that one can view them while paging through the text.

    This copy was originally owned by and bound for Bailly's most important contemporary biographer, his friend Simon-Pierre Mérard de Saint-Just, who published Eloge historique de Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1794). His arms appear on the binding. In very good condition, with only a few minor spots. The binding also very good, only slightly worn around the corners and hinges. An important work on ancient astronomy, beautifully bound for the author's biographer.

    DSB I, pp. 400-402; Houzeau & Lancaster 22; Smith, "Jean-Sylvain Bailly; astronomer, mystic, revolutionary", in: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, n.s. 44 (1954), pp. 427-538.
  • A proposito di opere artista
    Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1736, Parigi – 1793, Parigi) è stato un astronomo francese, noto per il calcolo dell'orbita della cometa di Halley (1759) e per i suoi studi sui satelliti di Giove. Entrò all'Académie des Sciences nel 1763. Le sue opere principali includono Essai sur la théorie des satellites de Jupiter (1766; Saggio sulla teoria dei satelliti di Giove) e Mémoires sur les inégalité's de la lumière des satellites de Jupiter (1771; Memorie sull'illuminazione irregolare dei satelliti di Giove). Nel 17775 scrisse una storia dell'astronomia ampiamente diffusa: Histoire de l'astronomie ancienne depuis son origine jusqu'`a l' établissement de l'École d'Alexandrie (Storia dell'astronomia antica dalla sua origine all'istituzione della Scuola di Alessandria ). Fu eletto presidente del terzo stato (che rappresenta la maggioranza del popolo) degli États Généraux (Stati generali). Fu proclamato primo sindaco di Parigi nel 1789, ma perse presto popolarità. Bailly si ritirò nel 1891 e si trasferì a Nantes nel 1792, dove scrisse le sue Mémoires d'un témoin de la Révolution (Memorie di un testimone della Rivoluzione). Nel 1793 fu arrestato e portato davanti a un tribunale rivoluzionario a Parigi il 10 novembre. Fu ghigliottinato il 12 novembre.

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