An edition of Astronomy (1742)

Astronomy

in five books

Astronomy
Roger Long, William Stephens, ...
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An edition of Astronomy (1742)

Astronomy

in five books

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English
Pages
584

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Cover of: Astronomy
Astronomy: in five books
1742, Printed for the author
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Edition Notes

Signatures: v. 1. a-b⁴, A-Xx⁴ Yy², ⁴; v. 2. ², Zz⁴, 3A-4D⁴ 4E².

"A list of ... the subscribers names ... " v. 1, p. xiii-xvi and v. 2, p. iv.

This issue contains Books 1-3 only; the sheets were reissued in 1784-1785, with Books 4-5 (continuously signed and paged), left unpublished at the author's death.

The ill. are engraved by J. Mynde, William Stephens, and James Ferguson; engraved headpieces by Gerard Van der Gucht, including a medallion portrait of Cassini.

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Cambridge [Eng.]

Classifications

Library of Congress
QB42 .L84, QB42 .L84 1742

The Physical Object

Pagination
2 v. (xvi, 356, [8] p.; iv, [357]-584 p., 92 [i.e. 94] leaves of plates (some folded))
Number of pages
584

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL57900470M
OCLC/WorldCat
19638021, 19569500

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL42618899W

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