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Herschel, J. F. W. [A. Cournot (Ed.)]

Traité d'astronomie, par Sir John F.-W. Herschel, traduit de l'Anglais et suivi d'une addition sur la distribution des orbites cométaires dans l'espace, par Augustin Tournot.

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Herschel, J. F. W. [A. Cournot (Ed.)]

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Bruxelles, Louis Hauman, 1835. 12mo (15.3 x 9.8 cm). iv, 599 pp.; several text illustrations, three engraved plates on one folding leaf. Contemporary pebbled half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Speckled edges. = An excellent - first French - edition, corrected and enlarged by the famous French mathematician and economist Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801-1877). Three year after this translation was published, Cournot published a masterpiece in economics, the Recherches sur les principes mathématiques de la théorie des richesses (1838). "Cournot begins with some preliminary remarks on the role of mathematics applied to the social sciences. His announces that his purpose in using mathematics is merely to guide his reasoning and illustrate his argument rather than lead to any numerical calculations" (web archive org). Provenance: simple stamp of Ecole des Mines on the front pastedown, label mounted on spine top. Light wear to board edges, otherwise very good, clean. Not in Houzeau & Lancaster.
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