(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT 1759) John Winthrop Two Lectures on

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(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT--1759.) John Winthrop. Two Lectures on Comets, Read in the Chapel of Harvard-College. 44, xviii pages. 8vo, modern cloth; minor foxing; signature of early owner Thomas Pemberton on title page. Boston: Green & Russell, 1759

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First edition. John Winthrop (1717-1779, great-great-grandson of the Massachusetts founder) was a Harvard professor, often cited as the first astronomer in America. This was his first published work on astronomy, inspired by the recent appearance of Halley's Comet. Evans 8522, Sabin 104857.