A Specimen Of A General Catalogue Arranged In Zones Of North Polar Distance And Adapted To Jan 1 1790

by Francis Wollaston

$2,000 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

London: G. And T. Wilkie, 1789. Folio. xvii, i , 254 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 3 engraved illustrations. Modern boards, spine label; other than some very light marginal browning, an excellent overall copy. Item #19788 First edition of this uncommon and practical star catalogue compiled by Francis Wollaston, and a precursor to his more ambitious Fasciculus Astronomicus of 1800. The

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