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London: Holland Press, 1976. Two volumes bound as one. 4to. 609 pp. Green cloth. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Some sunning to cloth at spine, mild wear to extremities of boards, corners a bit bumped. Jacket toned at spine with a large chip to head of spine and front panel, price clipped.. Hardcover. Very Good.
The Astrolabes of the World FIRST EDITION - TWO VOL SET by Gunther, Robert T., M.A., Hon. LL.D - 1932
by Gunther, Robert T., M.A., Hon. LL.D
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The Astrolabes of the World FIRST EDITION - TWO VOL SET
by Gunther, Robert T., M.A., Hon. LL.D
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1932 Two hardbacked volumes, each vol 9" x 12" tall approx, with a total of 636pp, with 218 text illustrations in b/w and line, + 153 plates. Only 250 sets of this, the first & superior edition, were published and therefore seldom come onto the market. Some leaves unopened. Original gilt decorated white buckram-covered boards slightly dusty. Internally very good. With, loosely inserted, a copy of a letter from Charles Batey, Printer to the University, confirming that only 250 sets were ever produced. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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- Publisher Oxford University Press
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- Date Published 1932
- Keywords Noisbn Astrolabes Scientific Instruments Navigation History Technology Marine Planispheric Rete Alidade Ptolemaeus Philopon Science Instrument Star Stars Astronomy hydrography
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Astrolabes of the World: The Eastern Astrolabes & The Western Astrolabes: Based upon the Series of Instruments in the Lewis Evans Collection at Oxford
by Robert T. Gunther
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The Astrolabes of the World: .... Volume 1 The Eastern Astrolabes Volume 2 The Western Astrolabes
by GUNTHER, Robert T
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"SINGLE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COMPENDIUM ON THE SUBJECT" - FINE COPY WITH A.L.S. FROM THE AUTHOR first edition 2 vols. large 4to. (30 x 23 cms.) xviii, [2], iii, [1 (blank)], 304; viii, (305)-609, [1 (printer's slug)]pp., frontispiece plate in each volume plus 153 plates (some folding), 216 figures and photo illustrations through the text, original cream buckram, front covers handsomely gilt blocked with astrolabe design, spines gilt lettered, spine just a trifle darkened, lovely copy.Autograph letter from Gunther relating to the book loosely inset. Later neat ex-libris stamp of Christopher St J. H. Daniel. Related press clipping and other material also loosely inset.Rare, according to Charles Batey (printer to the O.U.P.) only 250 sets were ever produced. Acknowledged by Professor Owen Gingerich (1930- ), Research Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Harvard University, as "the single most comprehensive compendium on the subject which everyone seriously interested in…
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The Astrolabes of the World, based upon the series of instruments in the Lewis Evans Collection at Oxford (...). Two Volumes
by Gunther, Robert T
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Oxford University Press (Clarendon). Used - Very Good. 1932. Two Volumes. Cloth, tall 4to, 609 pp. (in 2 volumes), illus. Gilt-stamped decorations on front covers. Spines sun-darkened; heel of vol. 1 somewhat frayed; extremities rubbed generally. A lengthy ownership inscription and a sale brochure from 1964 in vol. 1. Also a few other, more discreet owenership markings. Overall, a sound copy of a very scarce set.. (Subject: History of Science.)
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