Tobias Mayer, John Bird
Tabulae Motuum Solis Et Lunae Novae Et Correctae; Auctore Tobia Mayer [bound with] Theoria Lunae Juxta Systema Newtonianum [bound with] The Method Of Dividing Astronomical Instruments
Johannem Nourse, Johannem Mount et Thomam Page, et al.
1767 - 1770
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Three astronomical texts, bound in one volume.
- Tobias Mayer (German).
- John Bird (English).
- TABULAE MOTUUM SOLIS ET LUNAE NOVAE ET CORRECTAE; AUCTORE TOBIA MAYER [Bound with] THEORIA LUNAE JUXTA SYSTEMA NEWTONIANUM [Bound with] THE METHOD OF DIVIDING ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS.
- Londini [London]: Johannem Nourse, Johannem Mount et Thomam Page; John Nourse...and Mess. Mount and Page, 1770, 1767.
- Quarto [bibliographic folio].
- vii, [1], 136, [4], cxxx, [2], [4], 58, vi, 14 pages plus two folding plates: one belonging to Tabulae Motuum Solis et Lunar Novae et Correctae, and one belonging to The Method of Dividing Astrological Instruments.
- Bound in 20th-century brown cloth with dark brown leather-textured cloth label bearing gilt titling to spine.
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FairLight bumping to head and tail of spine.
Light marking to surfaces of boards.
Bookplate of a previous owner to front pastedown.
Text block lightly age toned.
A few scattered early ink and later pencil annotations throughout text block.
Minor damp staining to lower fore edge corner through page 31, lower edge of text block near gutter of pp. 105-122;.
Significant damp staining to lower edge of text block to first two leaves of New and Correct Tables of the Motions of the Sun and Moon; damp staining to lower fore edge corner of pages xlvii-errata at conclusion of work, progressing from minor staining at lower fore edge corner to significant staining covering most of page (but not impairing readability).
Light damp staining to lower fore edge corner of all pages of Theoria Lunæ;
The Method of Dividing Astronomical Instruments with significant damp staining to all pages, not impairing readability.
Most pages (excepting full content of Theoria Lunæ, which was bound in later, with charring to lower edge of leaf near fore edge corner; archival Japanese tissue repairs to pages with more significant damage.
Significant open tear to title page of The Method of Dividing Astronomical Instruments, resulting in partial loss of subtitle and publication information, with archival repair.
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