Preliminary Catalogue Of Fixed Stars Intended For A Prospectus Of A Catalogue Of The Stars Of The

by Christian Carl Ludwig Rumker Charles Stargard

$19,500 · Offered by Hordern House

Hamburg: Printed for Perthes and Besser, 1832. Large quarto, 252 x 218 mm, pp 20, ii , XXV; stab-sewn in the original blue-grey limp paper wrappers, with a presentation inscription on the front wrapper; preserved in a fitted quarter morocco bookform case. Presentation copy: the first Australian star catalogue, by the first Government Astronomer

• Binding: Leather

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