The Knowledge of the Heavens and the Earth made Easy: or, The First Principles of Astronomy and Geography Explained by the Use of Globes and Maps..
by I. (Isaac) Watts
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for T.Longman, J. Buckland, and W. Fenner, 1760. sixth. Leather_bound. Very Good. The Sixth Edirion, Corrected. 8vo. original full calf boards, respined in more contemporary brown full leather, hubbed spine, lettered in gilt, endpapers contemporarty with the respine. Verso of the first original leaf is the dedication to King George; title; v-xii (12 pp. being Table, Contents and instructions to the binder); 222 pp. including tables. Six folding plates comprises of thirty figures as called for. Despite Watts' instructions to the binder, the plates consisting of Figures XIII through XXX are bound in after p. 215 and the remaining plates, comprised of figures I though XII after p. 220. Rounding and wear to the tips, bit of scuffing to the spine. Interior is clean.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E21373
- Title
- The Knowledge of the Heavens and the Earth made Easy: or, The First Principles of Astronomy and Geography Explained by the Use of Globes and Maps..
- Author
- I. (Isaac) Watts
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- sixth
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for T.Longman, J. Buckland, and W. Fenner
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1760
- Keywords
- science, astronomy, geography, maps, globes, 18th century,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
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- Verso
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...