Oct 11, 2001 - Sale 1908

Sale 1908 - Lot 19

Price Realized: $ 92
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
FERGUSON, JAMES. Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles . . . Twelth Edition.<> 18 folding engraved plates. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf, rebacked, cover corners restored. London, 1809

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First published in 1756, " . . . one of the earliest and most successful attempts to explain Newtonian ideas in popular terms"--Babson 58 (1764 third edition).<