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An attractive first edition of Hansen's first major work incl. Addendum (Nachschrift) on pp 316 - 326 in original blue wrappers; many leaves still unopened,. Some very minor spotting on a few leaves.

The study of the mutual perturbations of Jupiter and Saturn by professor and theoretical astronomer Peter Andreas Hansen (1795-1874), director of Ernestinische Sternwarte in Seeberg, prized by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin, July 8, 1930; 4to; xvi, 326, [2] pages; (DSB, VI, p. 103). § DSB VI, p. 103; Poggendorff I, 1013; Cat. Of Crawford Library, p. 220; not in Houzeau-Lancaster.