[PLUCHE (Abbé Noël Antoine). Histoire du ciel, où l'on recherche l'origine de l'idolâtrie et des méprises de la philosophie, sur la formation des corps célestes de toute la nature. Paris, Frères Estienne, 1757. 2 volumes in-12, new edition of this famous work dealing with ancient cosmogony and cosmology, mainly Egyptian, including the zodiac, divination, alchemy, illustrated with 25 off-text engravings. Bound in full marbled basane, spine decorated with 5 nerves. (corners rubbed, jaws slightly cracked, one lower cap missing)