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[1892] The Orbs of Heaven, or, the Planetary and Stellar Worlds, a Popular Exposition of the Great Discoveries and Theories of Modern Astronomy
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Description
Illustrated, Rebound, Uncommon
An uncommon work.
A brilliant exploration of astronomy, being a detailed exposition of the great discoveries of astronomical science, told through ten lectures.
Illustrated with fifteen plates, and in-text illustrations.
By Ormsby M. Mitchel, whose name is misspelt to the title page as 'Mitchell'. Mitchel was an American astronomer, an a major general in the American Civil War.
Undated, dated from WorldCat.
The appendix, from the 'Mechanism of the Heaven', by Denison Olmsted.
Condition
Rebound in an institutional cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light marks to the boards and spine. Spine label is rubbed. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Front hinge is strained, rear hinge is starting. Stamp to the recto of the front endpaper. Spots to the paste downs and endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots.
Good
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