The Description and Uses of the Celestial and Terrestrial Globes; and of Collin's Pocket Quadrant

HARRIS, John (1667-1719).

Verlag: Printed By E. Midwinter for D. Midwinter and T. Leigh, London, 1703

Beschreibung

12mo., (5 6/8 x 3 4/8 inches). 4-page publisher's catalogue at end. Title-page within ruled border (light soiling throughout). Engraved frontispiece of a armillary celestial globe (stained). Contemporary sheep (rebacked to style, extremities lightly scuffed). First edition. "When Harris was giving the public mathematical lecture course at the Marine Coffee House, his subject in March 1703 was 'the Use of Globes and Doctrine of the Sphere', for which the enterprising bookseller Daniel Midwinter printed the corresponding text-book and sold it to those attending (Taylor "The Mathematical Practitioners of Tudor and Stuart England" 554). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001006

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Titel: The Description and Uses of the Celestial ...

Verlag: Printed By E. Midwinter for D. Midwinter and T. Leigh, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1703

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