An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy. In Two Parts

by John Gummere

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First edition

Philadelphia: Kimber & Sharpless, 1822. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. ix 357pp. 98pp. 2 + 7 fold-out plates. Original period brown mottled leather. Red label, gilt lettering and ruling on the spine. This educational and informative work provides a basis of the study of astronomy, in the state it was known at the time. While being stated to be introductory, the the book is nevertheless technically minded, and

• Binding: Hardcover

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