2 BOOKS 1843 DICK'S CELESTIAL & SAMUEL FULLER
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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. Author: Thomas Dick L.L.D.
PUBLISHER: Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle, 1843.
BINDING: Leather binding with gilded lettering and detail on the spine.
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.
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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.Condition
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