Maclear (Thomas). Verification and Extension of La Caille's Arc of Meridian at the Cape of Good Hope, 2 volumes, Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1866, 23 lithographic plates including some folding, addenda leaf at rear of volume 2, some spotting and browning, original cloth, worn, hinges split but firm, remains of paper labels, 4to, together with: Costard (George), The History of Astronomy, with its Application to Geography, History and Chronology, Occasionally Exemplified by the Globes, 1st edition, printed by James Lister and sold by J. Newbery, 1767, folding engraved table, engraved illustrations to text including 2 with flaps, some spotting, large ownership inscriptions to both titles, contemporary roan-backed boards, some edge wear and soiling, 4to, plus: South (James), Observations of the apparent distances and positions of 458 double and triple Stars, made in the years 1823, 1824, and 1825; together with a re-examination of 36 Stars of the same description. the distances and positions of which were communicated in a former Memoir.... Read November 17, 1825 (drop-head title), Nicol ‘Printed at the Expence of the Board of Longitude’, 1826, separately paginated offprint from the Philosophical Transactions, light brown stain to upper margins towards the latter part, original blue wrappers, printed paper label to spine, plus 2 others related (Qty: 6)
Maclear (Thomas). Verification and Extension of La Caille's Arc of Meridian at the Cape of Good Hope, 2 volumes, Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1866, 23 lithographic plates including some folding, addenda leaf at rear of volume 2, some spotting and browning, original cloth, worn, hinges split but firm, remains of paper labels, 4to, together with: Costard (George), The History of Astronomy, with its Application to Geography, History and Chronology, Occasionally Exemplified by the Globes, 1st edition, printed by James Lister and sold by J. Newbery, 1767, folding engraved table, engraved illustrations to text including 2 with flaps, some spotting, large ownership inscriptions to both titles, contemporary roan-backed boards, some edge wear and soiling, 4to, plus: South (James), Observations of the apparent distances and positions of 458 double and triple Stars, made in the years 1823, 1824, and 1825; together with a re-examination of 36 Stars of the same description. the distances and positions of which were communicated in a former Memoir.... Read November 17, 1825 (drop-head title), Nicol ‘Printed at the Expence of the Board of Longitude’, 1826, separately paginated offprint from the Philosophical Transactions, light brown stain to upper margins towards the latter part, original blue wrappers, printed paper label to spine, plus 2 others related (Qty: 6)
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