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An easy introduction to astronomy : for young gentlemen and ladies: describing the figure, motions, and dimensions of the Earth; the different seasons; gravity and light; the solar system; the transit of Venus, and its use in astronomy; the Moon's motion and phases; the eclipses of the Sun and Moon; the cause of the ebbing and flowing of the sea, &c. ; Illustrated with copper-plates / By James Ferguson.

Accession number
PML 88164
Creator
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.
Published
London : printed for T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIX [1779]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Plate facing p. 61 has been replaced with a facsimile.
Directions to the binder on p. [8].
Bookseller's advertisement on last page.
Description
[8], 247, [1] p., [7 leaves of folding plates] : ill. ; 22 cm.
Provenance
Inscription: Alexander Stark. Glasgow. May 1807; From the library of Julia P. Wightman,
Binding
Contemporary brown calf. Red title label.
Classification
Department