LA CONDAMINE, Charles Marie de.

Mesure des Trois Premiers degrés du Méridien dans l´Hémisphere Austral.

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1751. In-4°(256 x 192 mm.), 5 unnumb. ff., 266 pp., X of index; contemporary full marbled leather, gilt tools on back, red edges. First edition. With 3 folding plates. Official narrative of the french scientific expedition to South America, which objective was to stablish the geometric measurements of Equator, to fix up its position, longitude and determine more exactly the dimensions and shape of the earth. Very good conditions. Sabin, 38483. Borba de Moraes, 447. Brunet, III, 729.

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