Title: Cosmologische Briefe über die Einrichtung des Weltbaues /
Authors: Lambert, Johann Heinrich,
Date: 1761
Publisher: Bey Eberhard Kletts Wittib,
Physical description: xxviii, 318 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates (folded) : chart ; 21 cm (8vo)
Language: German
LC class: Q
Abstract: First edition of one of the most important works in stellar astronomy. Lambert had the idea that what appears as the Milky Way might be the visual effect of a lens-shaped universe.
Notes: Contains "Herrn Edmund Halley Tafel der Laufbahn, der von ihme berechneten Cometen" (folded chart). First edition. Later rewritten and published under title: Système du monde, Berlin, 1770. Printer's device on title page. Head and tail pieces; initials.