A bound set of plates from an early edition of (London), circa 1770. 18 plates (17 double-page). Thin 4to, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, pastedown title label to front cover. Minor browning to plates; front outer hinge cracked; chipping to spine ends; otherwise fine.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2009-03-24
Ferguson, James (1710-1776) Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and Made Easy to those Who Have Not Studied Mathematics. London: Printed by Luke Hanfurd Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-05-08
Ferguson, James (1710-1776) Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics, with the Use of the Globes, the Art of Dialing, and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-15
Ferguson, James (1710-76), The Art of Drawing in Perspective , Dublin: James Williams, 1778, with eight folding plates, calf, 8vo, (front cover detached, rear Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-11-18
Ferguson, James (1710-1776) The Art of Drawing in Perspective Made Easy. London: for Strahan and Cadell, 1775. First edition, with half-title, illustrated with nine folding Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-15
Ferguson, James (1710-1776) Tables and Tracts Relative to Several Arts and Sciences. London: for Millar and Cadell, 1767. First edition, octavo, illustrated with three folding Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-15
Ferguson, James (1710-1776) Select Mechanical Exercises: Shewing how to Construct Different Clocks, Orreries, and Sun-Dials. London: for Strahan and Cadell, 1773. First edition, octavo, Read more…
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Skinner
Date:
2015-11-15
Ferguson, James (1710-1776) Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and Made Easy to those who have not Studied Mathematics. London: for the Author, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-15
Ferguson, James (1710-1776) An Introduction to Electricity. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1770. First edition, octavo, illustrated with three folding engraved plates after Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-15
Ferguson, James (1710-1776) An Easy Introduction to Astronomy. London: for Cadell, successor to Millar, 1769. Second edition, (first published as The Young Gentleman and Lady's Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-15
Ferguson, James (1710-1776) An Easy Introduction to Astronomy. Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, 1819 12mo, with seven folding plates and final blank, bound in full contemporary sheepskin, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
