★ [Burney, Charles] [1726-1814]. An Essay towards a history of the principal comets that have appeared since the year 1742. Including a particular Detail of the Return of the famous Comet of 1682 in 1759, according to the Calculation and Prediction of Dr. Halley. Compiled from the Observations of the most eminent Astronomers of this Century. With remarks and reflections upon the present comet. To which is prefixed a letter upon comets, addressed to a lady by the late M. De Maupertuis. London, Printed for T. Beckett & P.A. Dehondt in the Strand, MDCCLXIX (1769).
In 8° (21 cm), [A]4 B-F8 G4 H3, cc. [2], pp. 92, cc. [1, postcript]. Da pagina 1 a pagina 7 Summary account of the life of M. De Maupertuis. Da pagina 37 An essay towards a history of the principal comets that have appeared since the year 1742. [A]1, D2, D3 e H3 verso sono bianche. Dedica alla Contessa di Pembroke, firmata “The Author”.
Prima edizione in inglese della traduzione dell’opera di Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis Lettre sur la cométe, pubblicata nel 1742 (vedi la scheda n. 5335, al cui commento rinvio).
Esemplari (non esaustivamente): British Library (3); Wellcome Library; Bristol University; Cambridge University (3); Royal Irish Academy, Dublin; Devon and Exeter Institution Library; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München; Smithsonian Institution, Washington; Library of Congress; Yale University; University of Oklahoma; University of Wisconsin, Madison; Harvard University, Houghton Library.
Bibliografia: Houzeau-Lancaster 5840.
Altra edizione: 1770, Glasgow, Robert Urie, in 12°, cc. [2], pp. 112, con il titolo An essay towards a history of the principal comets that have appeared since [...] 1742. To which is prefixed, A letter upon comets, by m. de Maupertuis. Esemplare della British Library. Bibliografia relativa: Houzeau-Lancaster 5826; Graesse IV 448; Brunet III 1543.