[Rarebooks] FS: Grieg's illustrated astronomy for young students. 1810

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(ASTRONOMY) Grieg, John. ASTROGRAPHY, OR THE HEAVENS DISPLAYED, ON A NEW 
PLAN. Containing Remarks on the... Plurality of Worlds... A Representation... of 
the Solar System, Including the New Discoveries... Forty-three Maps Exhibiting 
the Principal Constellations... A Large Disk of the Moon... Aurora Borealis; 
Ignis Fatuus; Thunder and Lightning... London: Printed by W. Gilbert for W. 
Kent, and C. Law. 1810. 12mo. xvi,224pp. Index. Illustrated with 4 engraved 
plates (2 folding) and 43 text woodcuts. Orig. marbled boards, rubbed. Inked 
ownership signature on title (and he also decorated the front board with an 
approximation of the title-page).     $350.00 (trade discount allowed)
The plate depicting the solar system quaintly names the seventh planet 
(discovered in 1781) Georgium Sidus in honor of King George III.

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