2 BOOKS 1843 DICK'S CELESTIAL & SAMUEL FULLER
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2 BOOKS - 1843 DICK'S CELESTIAL SCENERY & SAMUEL FULLER'S MATHEMATICAL MISCELLANY: 1.) Book Title: Dick’s Celestial Scenery, or, The wonders of the planetary system displayed: Illustrating the perfections of deity and a plurality of worlds. Publisher:
Notes: with numerous images detailing the movements of the moon, planets and stars. 1843 owner's stamp for Paschal Brooks on the fronts page and later stamp on page 9 ‘Dr. M. H. Stephens 418 S. California Ave’.
2.) Book Title: A Mathematical Miscellany in Four Parts. I. An Essay towards the Probable Solution of the Forty-five Surprising Paradoxes, in Gordon’s Geography. II. Fifty-five New and Amazing Paradoxes, some in Verse, some in Prose, with their Solutions. III. An Algebraical Solution to the Hundred Arithmetical and Geometrical Problems, left unanswered n Hill’s Arithmetic and Alexanders Algebra et. al. IV. Miscellaneous Rules about forming Enigmas Questions, the Doctrine of the Eclipses, of Pendulums, the Equation of Time, concerning Easter, & c.
Author: A Lover of Mathematics, Samuel Fuller.Publisher: London: Printed for M. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-Noster-Row, 1751.
Binding: 6.75”h x 4”w, leather with gilded borders.Notes:
Interior is complete and in good condition but front cover and endpaper off, missing most of spine and wear to covers. This is a very rare edition and our research uncovered only 3 copies of this edition worldwide, this being the fourth.PROVENANCE: From the personal collection of an extraordinary gentleman collector and dealer from St. Petersburg, Florida who specializes in Fine & Decorative Art, Photography, Books and Grand Tour Souvenirs from around the world.
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