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The Description and Use of the Globes, Joseph Harris

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The Description and Use of the Globes, Joseph Harris

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Author: Harris, Joseph
Title: The Description and Use of the Globes, and the Orrery to Which is Prefix'd, by Way of Introduction, a Brief Account of the Solar System
Place Published: London
Publisher:B. Cole
Date Published: 1773
Description:

viii, 220 + [4] ad pp. Illustrated with 7 folding engraved plates. (8vo) quarter brown cloth with marbled boards, paper spine label. Eleventh edition.

From Wikipedia: Joseph Harris (1703 - 1764) was a British blacksmith, astronomer, navigator, economist, natural philosopher, government adviser and King's Assay Master at the Royal Mint. Description and Use of the Globes; and the Orrery., an instruction manual, proved very popular and ran into many editions over the rest of the century.

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Light wear to extremities; some internal offsetting and foxing; overall very good.

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The Description and Use of the Globes, Joseph Harris

Name: The Description and Use of the Globes, Joseph Harris
SKU: 82202931
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