Author: Mayhew, Henry
Title: The Story of the Peasant-Boy Philosopher; or, "a Child Gathering Pebbles on the Sea- Shore". (Founded on the Early Life of Ferguson, the Shepherd-Boy Astronomer, and Intended to Show How a Poor Lad Became Acquainted with the Principles of Natural Science)
Description: New York, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1864. Hardcover. 500pp + 4, 3 [1]p of publisher's advertisements. Blue cloth stamped in blind on the sides, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Pale yellow endpapers. Six inserted plates with illustrations, one foldout plate with constellations, and many in-text illustrations. Contemporary inscription in pencil and small bookstore label on the front free endpaper. Short closed tear to spine head, light wear to extremities. Internally fairly clean. A very good copy. ; 16mo. .

Keywords: ANTIQUARIAN, non-fiction, Young Adults, JUVENILE, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, BIOGRAPHIES, ASTRONOMERS, JAMES FERGUSON Biography Children and Young Adults Antiquarian


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