Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3245TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 08, 2019 12:00PM
Description:
Ferguson, James (1710-1776) Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and Made Easy to those Who Have Not Studied Mathematics. London: Printed by Luke Hanfurd & Sons, 1809. Octavo, engraved folding frontispiece of an orrery made by Ferguson, illustrated with an additional seventeen plates (including a double-page map that shows the earth with the course of the 1761 Transit of Venus mapped),contemporary sheep, worn, ex library rubber stamp on dedication leaf, 8 1/4 x 5 in.
Estimate $300-500
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