THE MECHANISM OF THE HEAVENS; or, Familiar Illustrations Of Astronomy. With Historical And Biological Sketches.
London: Thomas Nelson, 1850. 1st Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good + / No jacket as issued. Item #002179
1st edition. A Very Good copy. 8vo., xii, (1), 14-404 pp., with engraved title page, frontispiece, and 24 color plates; text illustrations. 11 pages of ads at the rear. Bound in the publisher's red cloth, decorated in blind with title on spine and front board in gilt. Light rubbing to the tips and board edges. A few of the plates have faint foxing, mostly on the reverse. An exceptionally clean copy. Very Good or better. ** The plates are blue, with artist's interpretations of the Moon viewed through a telescope; Mars and Venus, Jupiter and Saturn; various nebulae, etc. **.
Price: $200.00