A Treatise on Astronomy, Theoretical and Practical. A new edition. 2 volumes.

Cambridge:: J. Deighton & Sons, 1821, 1823., 1821. 2 volumes. Small 4to. [2], xxii, [2], 875, [3]; lxviii, 487, [1] pp. Figs. Original half blind- and gilt-stamped calf, burgundy gilt-stamped cloth, black leather gilt-stamped labels upper joint needs repair – some kozo reinforcement applied. Prize binding for a school in Aberdeen, Scotland, "Franciscum Aberdein, in Secunda Mathematica Classe Academiae Mariscallanae Aberdonensis, publico certamine instituto, hoc percitia praemium tulisse testator Joannes Cruickshank, Math P. . . . 1844". [John Cruikshank, professor of mathematics (serving as assistant 1817-1829, as professor 1829-1860), and Secretary (truncated) for the College, Marischal College, Aberdeen. Good. Robert Woodhouse was an English mathematician and astronomer, best known as a proponent of analytical calculation in mathematics. He was the first superintendent of the observatory at Cambridge. "Woodhouse is entitled to the entire credit of introducing the calculus into England, but it is doubtful if he alone, in spite of the logical power and his caustic wit, would have succeeded in converting his contemporaries. Much of his success was due to the earnest support of his three disciples, George Peacock, Herschel, and Charles Babbage. . ." – DNB, XXI, p. 873. (Inventory #: SW1723)