L13401

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Lot 93
  • 93

Jamieson, Alexander

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • A Celestial Atlas comprising a Systematic Display of the Heavens... accompanied by Catalogues of the Stars and Astronomical Exercises. London: G. & W.B. Whittaker, 1822, small oblong 4to (235 x 285mm.), engraved title and dedication leaf, one unnumbered engraved zodiacal plate, 30 numbered engraved celestial maps, contemporary half calf
  • paper
Wollaston, Francis. Portraiture of the Heavens, as they appear to the naked eye: constructed for the use of Students in Astronomy. London: printed for J. Cary, 1811, folio (419 x 288 mm.), 10 double-page engraved plates, original wrappers

Brooke, Henry. Guide to the Stars. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1820, 4to (311 x 248mm.), 12 engraved plates, later boards, frontispiece and title with some marginal soiling and spotting



Together 3 volumes

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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