DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT 27-IN. REFRACTING TELESCOPE and Revolving Dome, For the Imperial and Royal Observatory of Vienna. Designed and Constructed By Howard Grubb, F.R.A.S.

Offices of "Engineering", 1881

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Year of publication

1881

Place of printing

London

Author

[Astronomy, Engineering]

Publishers

Offices of "Engineering"

Edition

VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION. The description, design and

Languages

English

First edition

Yes

Description

First edition, an off-print from 'Engineering". With a large linen-backed engraved frontispiece of an Eight-Inch Equatorial Telescope, a linen-backed folding engraved plate with the plan of Telescope for the Observatory at Vienna, a linen-backed folding plate with views and plans of the Observatory at Vienna itself, a linen-backed full page engraved view of said telescope, and numerous plans and illustrations throughout the text. Folio, in contemporary navy cloth covered boards backed in navy morocco, gilt lettering on the spine. With the armorial plate of Sir Edmund Giles Lode, 2nd Baronet, a dedicated plantsman, the rhododendron loderi, a variety of rhododendron, was named in his honour. [ii], 29 pp. A handsome and very well preserved copy, the paper still quite clean and fresh with just a moderate bit of spotting, the binding sturdy and attractive, bumped at the lower corners.