Buy this book on-line Telescope, Tom and William Magnet : THE NEWTONIAN SYSTEM OF PHILOSOPY Adapted To the Capacities of Young Ladies and Gentlemen and Familiarised and Made Entertaining By Objects with which they Are intimately Acquainted Being the Substance of Six LecturesOgilvy and Speare, Middle-Row, Holborn, London, 1794
12mo. [ii contents], 136, [iv]pp. Originally written in 1762 by 'Tom Telescope' [John Newbury] this revised edition by William Magnet. 14x9cms. Full calf with the front board detached but present. Illustrated with 5 copperplates including a fine frontis. depicting an observatory on a hill at night. Woodcuts to the text. A very crisp text block of an early childrens science book. Morocco label present but safely loosely enclosed within the text block. The bookplate of Esther Acklom with a gift inscription to her at the head of the reverse of the frontis. Given by The Rev. Ingram 1797. Esther Acklom of Wiseton Hall married the Viscount Althorp who became the third Earl Spencer.. Book Condition: V.g.. Binding: Hardback Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Telescope, Tom and William Magnet : THE NEWTONIAN SYSTEM OF PHILOSOPY Adapted To the Capacities of Young Ladies and Gentlemen and Familiarised and Made Entertaining By Objects with which they Are intimately Acquainted Being the Substance of Six Lectures. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, livres anciens, out of print books, antiquarian books and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |