[BAILLY (Jean Sylvain)]. Eulogy of P. Corneille, who, in the - Lot 4

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[BAILLY (Jean Sylvain)]. Eulogy of P. Corneille, who, in the - Lot 4
[BAILLY (Jean Sylvain)]. Eulogy of P. Corneille, who, in the judgment of the Academy of Sciences, Literature, and Arts of Rouen, won the runner-up prize in the oratory contest held in 1768 by His Excellency the Duke of Harcourt, Governor of Normandy and patron of the Academy. By Mr. ***. Rouen: E. V. Machuel; Paris: Saillant, 1768. In-8, [1] f., 51 p., paperback, modest marbled cover (spine worn, some foxing). By Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736–1793), mathematician, astronomer, and politician; member of the Academy; deputy of the Third Estate to the Estates-General; mayor of Paris. Provenance: Pierre Lambert, bookseller specializing in the occult sciences, 19th century (typographic ex-libris label).
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