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Jean-Sylvain Bailly

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Jean-Sylvain Bailly

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Auction Date:2012 Oct 17 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
French astronomer, mathematician, and politician (1736–1793) who was guillotined during the Reign of Terror. ADS, in French, signed “Bailly,” one page, 7 x 4.5, November 1, 1786. In part (translated): “I acknowledge receipt of two octavo volumes titled The Science of Navigable Canals…these two volumes belong to the Library of the Academy.” In very good condition, with an overall shade of toning and moderate scattered soiling and foxing.