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Astronomy. Harris (Joseph), The Description and Use of the Globes, and the Orrery. To which is prefixed, By way of Introduction, a Brief Account of the Solar System, second edition, London: Printed for Thomas Wright, Mathematical Instrument-Maker, at the Orrery and Globe near Salisbury-Court; and Richard Cushee, Globe-Maker, at the Globe and Sun between St. Dunstan's-Church and Chancery-Lane; both in Fleet-street, 1732, folding frontispiece, black-ruled title-page, complete, collating: viii, 190pp, illustrated with 7 engraved folding plates overall, the first six leaves & two plates and the final twelve leaves & two plates affected by worm trails, both marginal and with some loss of letters, but never sense, somewhat more developed verso than recto, further occasional small worm holes in localised places throughout, contemporary two-tone panelled calf, the binding with some insect damage, but good, red speckled edges, 8vo, [Tomash & Williams H23]
Provenance: John Seale; loosely-inserted early-mid 18th c Jacobean armorial bookplate.
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