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

935,00 €

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Anno di pubblicazione

1881

Luogo di stampa

London

Autore

[Astronomy, Engineering]

Editori

Offices of "Engineering"

Edizione

VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION. The description, design and

Lingue

Inglese

Prima edizione

Sì

Descrizione

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.