Results Of Astronomical Observations Made During The Years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, At The Cape Of Good Hope : Being The Completion Of A Telescopic Survey Of The Whole Surface Of The Visible Heavens -

Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2015. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Original publication, NOT a reprint edition. Presentation copy, signed by the author: ""Presented by Algernon, Duke of Northumberland, to H. Lawson by the hands and with the respects of The Author."" London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. Folio. xx, 452pp., 17 plates, 2pp. errata, additions, and corrections, 2pp. ads. Original gray cloth boards, backed in blue cloth; blind-stamped decorations; gilt-stamped titles to spine on gray panels; top edge gilt. Moderate rubbing to boards; bumped extremities. Hinges were likely repaired at some point, with new pastedowns professionally installed. Foxing to preliminaries and plates in rear; light stain along fore-edge of frontispiece; previous owner names to front endpaper. Text is unmarked and unmarred. Firm binding, with fully intact hinges. John Herschel was a prominent astronomer, inventor, and mathematician, among many other pursuits. He is known as the inventor of the blueprint and named seven moons of Saturn and four moons of Uranus. Signed copies of his works are extremely scarce. Ships securely in a box.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.