Author: COLE, John
Title: A treatise on the Circular Zodiac of Tentyra [Dendera], In Egypt.
Description: London, sold by Longman & co. .. Haviland, Frankfort-place; and Arliss, Market-street, Plymouth, 1824. 8vo. W. 1 large [43 x 52 cm] folding lith. plate at the beginning. [Somewhat foxed; 'printed at N. Nettleton's lithographic office, Plymouth']. In modern light grey brds., spine lettered in black. [A - Q4]. (VIII, 118, II (errata & advert] pp.). (Owner's inscr. in ink on title 'Charles G. Napier'). Four parts are incorporated in this publication: part 1. 'Interesting selections from M. Lelorrain's Travels, and his manner of obtaining the Circular Zodiac...'; part 2. 'A description of the Circular Zodiac'; Part 3. 'Explanation of the Causes of the Precession of the Equinoxes.'; Part 4. 'The Philosophical Results which the Circular Zodiac demonstrates.'

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