Author: Keill, John.
Title: An introduction to the true astronomy: or, astronomical lectures, read in the astronomical school of the University of Oxford.
Description: London: printed for Bernard Lintot . 1721. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. [8], xv, [1], 396, [12]pp. A4, a8, B8-Z8, AA8, CC4, DD8. First edition. Bookseller's list on verso of leaf a8. Woodcut device on title and wood- or metal cut initials, head and tailpieces. First edition in English. Contemporary calf, rebacked. With 28 engraved plates, I- V, [2 unnumbered plates], VI-XXVI plates. Two lunar maps signed 'I. Senex Sculpt' (bound as throwouts at p. 108) and 26 plates of diagrams printed from 13 copperplates, numbered Plate I-XVII, XIX-XXVI XVI, (bound as foldouts as directed on the plates). Wellcome III, p. 381; ESTC T37367; Wallis, Newton 103.172. Good.

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