A Treatise on Astronomy [Series title: The Cabinet Cyclopaedia]
by John F.W. Herschel
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London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833. Very Good. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1833. First Edition. Small octavo; publisher's purple cloth, printed paper spine label (original price 6s.); 16,viii,422pp.; engraved title page and three leaves of plates bound in rear. Corners bumped, cloth extremities toned, spine rather mottled, else a Very Good, sound example in the publisher's cloth.
One of a series of scientific textbooks authored by the formidable British mathematician and astronomer John Herschel (1792-1871), published shortly after the appearance of his groundbreaking work "A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy," considered today a "classic in the empiricist tradition of the philosophy of science" (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).
One of a series of scientific textbooks authored by the formidable British mathematician and astronomer John Herschel (1792-1871), published shortly after the appearance of his groundbreaking work "A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy," considered today a "classic in the empiricist tradition of the philosophy of science" (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).
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- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
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- Title
- A Treatise on Astronomy [Series title: The Cabinet Cyclopaedia]
- Author
- John F.W. Herschel
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Publisher
- Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1833
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