May 19, 2011 - Sale 2248

Sale 2248 - Lot 5

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
NASMYTH, JAMES & CARPENTER, JAMES.
The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite.

Illustrated with 24 plates of the lunar surface and other phenomena, including a total of 23 (on 20 plates) woodburytypes, among other illustrations. Large 4to, gilt-lettered and gilt-pictorial blue cloth, lightly worn; binding very tender and starting, but overall clean; top edge gilt. second edition.
London: John Murray, 1874