Lot 358

Astronomy -- Costard, George





Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 26 May 2010 at 12:00 BST
£288
Description
The history of astronomy, with its application to geography, history and chronology, occasionally exemplified by the globes. London: J. Newbery, 1767. First edition, 4to, 2 full-page diagrams on one leaf, diagrams in text, early nineteenth century half calf, Royal Observatory Edinburgh bookplate, marked "duplicate", errata leaf at end, title somewhat spotted, rubbed, joints splitting; and 12 twentieth-century books on astronomy (13)




