1776 Reprint LECTURES ON SELECT SUBJECTS By James Ferguson

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1776 Reprint

LECTURES ON SELECT SUBJECTS
By James Ferguson

KEY DETAILS
Condition: Very Good
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, J. Hinton, I. Hawaes and Co, London, 1776
Language: English
Provenance: Ombersley Court Library, Worcestershire, the historic library of the Sandys family. Acquired directly by Books That Expand The Mind from its dispersal at Chorley’s, The September Auctions 2024, 17 September 2024, Lot ...
Collation: pp. 417
Dust Jacket: None, as issued, No Jacket
SKU: BTETM0002452
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request

DESCRIPTION
Lectures on Select Subjects
In Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics and Optics

PROVENANCE
Ombersley Court Library, Worcestershire, the historic library of the Sandys family. Acquired directly by Books That Expand The Mind from its dispersal at Chorley’s, The September Auctions 2024, 17 September 2024, Lot 327. Purchaser’s invoice retained with the acquisition records.

CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
fifth edition, 8vo, full calf, multiple plates including many folding Please see Photos as part of condition report.

SYNOPSIS
A broad overview of the state of many branches of science in the middle of the 18th century, consisting of the reprinting of a series of lectures.

AUTHOR BIO
James Ferguson (25 April 1710 – 17 November 1776) was a Scottish astronomer. He is known as the inventor and improver of astronomical and other scientific apparatus, as a striking instance of self education and as an itinerant lecturer.

1776 Reprint

LECTURES ON SELECT SUBJECTS
By James Ferguson

KEY DETAILS
Condition: Very Good
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, J. Hinton, I. Hawaes and Co, London, 1776
Language: English
Provenance: Ombersley Court Library, Worcestershire, the historic library of the Sandys family. Acquired directly by Books That Expand The Mind from its dispersal at Chorley’s, The September Auctions 2024, 17 September 2024, Lot ...
Collation: pp. 417
Dust Jacket: None, as issued, No Jacket
SKU: BTETM0002452
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request

DESCRIPTION
Lectures on Select Subjects
In Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics and Optics

PROVENANCE
Ombersley Court Library, Worcestershire, the historic library of the Sandys family. Acquired directly by Books That Expand The Mind from its dispersal at Chorley’s, The September Auctions 2024, 17 September 2024, Lot 327. Purchaser’s invoice retained with the acquisition records.

CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
fifth edition, 8vo, full calf, multiple plates including many folding Please see Photos as part of condition report.

SYNOPSIS
A broad overview of the state of many branches of science in the middle of the 18th century, consisting of the reprinting of a series of lectures.

AUTHOR BIO
James Ferguson (25 April 1710 – 17 November 1776) was a Scottish astronomer. He is known as the inventor and improver of astronomical and other scientific apparatus, as a striking instance of self education and as an itinerant lecturer.

Good - 8vo, full speckled calf, marbled endpapers, repairs to title page and page a2, 23 folding plates Please see photos as part of condition report