Author: LITTROW, J.J.
Title: Vorlesungen über Astronomie. Erster Theil + Zweyter Theil. - [Two parts in one volume].
Description: Wien, J.G. Heubner, 1830. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xii,331; viii,384 pp. Contemporary half morocco. With 1 folding plate. - An ennobled Bohemian, Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781-1840) was a professor of astronomy and head of observatories in Russia and Budapest before becoming the first director of the Vienna Observatory in 1819, a post he retained until his death in 1840. - The folding plate is loose; name/date on first endpaper, otherwise a good copy.

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