[Astronomy- Cover and Spine by John Leighton] Every-Day Astronomy; or, Practical Lessons on the Celestial Sphere
de Gazewell, Berenice. (pseud.)
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Bath: Binns and Goodwin, 1853. Second Edition. Second Edition. 184pp. Original publisher's dark blue pebble grain cloth with superb gilt illustrative design on cover depicting a gilt astrological wheel. and spine decorations/lettering, all by John Leighton. Half-title, and nine engraved plates. A very good copy of a scarce and fascinating mid-19th Century treatise on astronomy. Name on the front- end-paper of Susan E. Clarke, Seaton Carew, January 24, 1858. Very Scarce, Copac records BL, and Trinity College Dublin only. The second edition has a new preface, dated Redland, January 1853, and is dedicated to Joseph Woolley, principal of the Central Mathematical School of Her MajestyÃs Dockyard, Portsmouth. It includes ìsome new and useful matter, such as the best time for the observation of Mercury, for the years 1853 and 1854.î.
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- Nudelman Rare Books (US)
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- [Astronomy- Cover and Spine by John Leighton] Every-Day Astronomy; or, Practical Lessons on the Celestial Sphere
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- Gazewell, Berenice. (pseud.)
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- Second Edition
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- Editorial
- Binns and Goodwin
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- Bath
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- 1853
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