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Voyage dans les mers de l'Inde, fait par ordre du roi, à l'occasion du passage de Vénus, sur le disque soleil, le 6 juin 1761, & le 3 du même mois 1769 / Par m. Le Gentil ... Imprimé par ordre de Sa Majesté ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Founders Collection 47, Q v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Legentil de La Galaisière, Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean Baptiste, 1725-1792.
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Voyages and travels.
- Hindu astronomy.
- Astronomy--Observations.
- Astronomy.
- Monsoons.
- Venus (Planet)--Transit--1761.
- Venus (Planet).
- Venus (Planet)--Transit--1769.
- India--Social life and customs.
- India.
- Manners and customs.
- India--Religion.
- Religion.
- Philippines.
- Madagascar.
- Penn Provenance:
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 (donor) (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes, 27 leaves of plates(folded): illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : De l'imprimerie royale, 1779-1781.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of Louis XVI, King of France to the 'College of Philadelphia', 1784.
- OCLC:
- 6030040
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