Traite de l'astronomie Indienne..

Paris: Chez Debure, 1787. FIRST EDITION. With decorative woodcut headpieces. Contemporary half-calf over boards; occasional browning, otherwise an excellent copy from the library of Jacob and Friedrich Schurer with their bookplate. First edition of Bailly's valuable history of Eastern astronomy which was separately published as a supplement to his outstanding work on ancient and modern astronomy. The author here expands upon his earlier theories that the astronomical sciences of various Eastern civilizations were remnants of a single ancient culture. According to Graesse, this is the rarest of Bailly's works on the history of astronomy.
Provenance: Both Jacob Ludwig Schurer (1734-92) and his son Friedrich Ludwig (fl. 1760-90) were professors of physics and chemistry at the University of Strasbourg.