1794. · London:
by Ferguson, James.
(8vo), period calf, leather spine label, [8], 503, [16] + 16 ad pp. Illus. with 18 copper-engraved folding plates including the frontispiece. Some wear to binding, rubbing to extremities, corner bumps, slight aging, glue repairs to joints; new endpapers, 4" repaired tear to plate facing p.427, short tear to plate facing p.121; very good. This is an important treatise on astronomy, with informative diagrammatic engravings, and depictions of astronomical devices. Covers everything from the harvest moon to a description of the solar system. Also includes a chapter on the correctness of the Copernican system.
(Inventory #: 106386)