ASTRONOMY EXPLAINED UPON SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S PRINCIPLES, AND MADE EASY TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT STUDIED MATHEMATICS

Author: Ferguson, James
Title: ASTRONOMY EXPLAINED UPON SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S PRINCIPLES, AND MADE EASY TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT STUDIED MATHEMATICS
Publication: London: Printed for T. Longman, B, Law, J. Johnson, C.g.j. And J. Robinson, T. Cadell et al. 1794
Edition: The Ninth Edition

Description: Octavo, 503 pages. In Good condition. Fully bound in contemporary leather. Early leather repair covering spine and parts of boards. Spine brown without lettering. Notable shelf wear and soiling to exteriors, prominently to edges and corners. Two worm holes to spine. Scratching to front panel near tail of spine. Mild agetoning and foxing to textblock exterior and interior. Binding tight. Minor water damage to tail corners of pages 401-430. Includes all 17 plates and folding astronomical charts in mostly Good condition. Plate two torn and detached. Plate 4 is labeled with incorrect roman numeral "IIII". Most plates tearing and hinges fragile. PB consignment. Shelved case 8 1/4.

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From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments.

Seller ID: 1378658

Subject: Dupont Circle, Sciences, Math, Medicine, & Natural History