Results Of Astronomical Observations Made During The Years 1834 5 6 7 8 At The Cape Of Good Hope Being

by Sir John Frederick William Herschel

$12,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First Edition, one of 350 presentation copies. With lithographic frontispiece by George Henry Ford, 452, 2 pp.; 17 plates 4 folding . 4to. Full brown morocco with elaborate gilt stamping and borders to covers, spine with raised bands and gilt compartments, gilt turn-ins, watered silk endpapers, aeg. Expertly rebacked, with spine laid-down, interior is bright and clean, with some spotting to plates. Norman 1056. Ruari McLean, Victorian Book Design and

• Binding: Leather

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