(ASTRONOMY) BAMFIELD, SAMUEL A New Treatise on Astronomy, or, Astronomy Opened: Being a Rational and Mathematic Enquiry into the True Principles and Nature of Astronomy, or Frame of Our Solar System. Exeter: Andre Brice, 1764. Small 4to, contents rebound in modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards, renewed endpapers, title page laid down, edges untrimmed, five folding plates. Author's personal copy, with autograph corrections throughout and the autographed statement ("N.B.: a further acct. will be publish'd concerning this difficult matter and given gratis") at the end. Some chipping to edges of leaves; toning and foxing to title page and a few interior pages as well. Estimate $ 150-250
(ASTRONOMY) BAMFIELD, SAMUEL A New Treatise on Astronomy, or, Astronomy Opened: Being a Rational and Mathematic Enquiry into the True Principles and Nature of Astronomy, or Frame of Our Solar System. Exeter: Andre Brice, 1764. Small 4to, contents rebound in modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards, renewed endpapers, title page laid down, edges untrimmed, five folding plates. Author's personal copy, with autograph corrections throughout and the autographed statement ("N.B.: a further acct. will be publish'd concerning this difficult matter and given gratis") at the end. Some chipping to edges of leaves; toning and foxing to title page and a few interior pages as well. Estimate $ 150-250
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