The Planetary and Stellar Worlds. An Exposition of the Great Discoveries and Theories of Modern Astronomy.

O. M. Mitchell (Dir of the Cincinnati Observatory)

Verlag: William Collins, Glasgow & London., 1858

Beschreibung

264 pages + 18 engraved solar system plates on 32 extra pages at rear AND two engraved tinted lithographs frontispieces (a double up). small neat inscription on endpaper "Miss E Freebairn? Feb 5th 1858". the book is undated, but this would be on or close to is publication date. The original blind stamped brown ribbed cloth. with gilt tiles on the spine is all very fine with one ruche spot where cloth is dinged and head of spine may have worn down, but without leaving any evidence of that. Uncut page edges, yellow endpapers and contents all near fine. A bit of a freak to have survived so clean and tight. Small octavo. *11 page preface from Cincinnati Observatory, discussing Lord Rosse's Telescope and the City's determination to have a telescope from the 1842 period and the author's disastrous circumstances he was left in having brought to the city the London made instrument to find the observatory burned down in 1844 and he had no means left to re-build for years.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5913

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Planetary and Stellar Worlds. An Exposition of the Great Discoveries and Theories of Modern Astronomy.
• Verlag: William Collins, Glasgow & London.
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1858
• Einband: Victorian Cloth Binding
• Auflage: 1st Edition
• Zustand: Near Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
• Gewicht: 0,7 Kilogramm