Lot 376
Ferguson, James
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 10 January 2007 at 11:00 GMT
£431
Description
Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles. London: A. Millar, 1764, third edition, 4to, folding frontispiece and 17 folding engraved maps, contemporary calf, a few leaves lightly spotted, head of spine rubbed
Footnote
Note: Born at Core of Mayen, Rothiemay, Aberdeenshire, Ferguson moved to London in 1743, establishing himself as a lecturer and author and built a series of remarkable astronomical models, including orreries and planetaria.
Provenance: Sir Henry Hay Makdougall Bart. of Makerstoun, armorial bookplate.