Tisserand-Traité de Mécanique Céleste. 1st Ed. Vols 1 (1889), 2 (1891), 3 (1892) ventes exceptionnelles

Tisserand-Traité de Mécanique Céleste. 1st Editions.

Volume 1 (1889),

Volume 2 (1891),

Volume 3 (1894).

Published: Paris - Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1889-94.

First edition of the most important 19th-century treatise on the subject to appear after Laplaces Mecanique Celeste.

3 out of the 4 volumes.

4to, bound in old brown leather over marbled boards, spines and corners rubbed.

Spine of Volume 2 cracked with pieces missing as shown - missing pieces retained for repair if desired (as also shown)

A very good set -- internally clean but with some toning of pages one water/wax(?) mark at the end of the contents pages in Volume 1, but this has not transferred to previous or subsequent pages.

Contents:

Tome. 1. Perturbations des planetes dapres la methode de la variation des constantes arbitraires.

Tome. 2. Theorie de la figure des corps celestes et de leur mouvement de rotation.

Tome. 3. Expose de lensemble des theories relatives au mouvement de la lune.

Very Scarce.