[Rarebooks] FS: Astronomy for juvenile readers. 2 vols. London: 1745

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(ASTRONOMY) [Baxter, Andrew]. MATHO: or, the Cosmotheoria Puerilis, a Dialogue in Which the First Principles of Philosophy and Astronomy Are Accommodated to the Capacity of Young Persons... Hence the Principles of Natural Religion Are Deduced. In Two Volumes, to Which Is Added, a Complete Index. The Second Edition. London: Printed for A. Millar. 1745. 8vo. 2 vols. (14),400;(8),362,(30)pp. Index. Cont. calf, rubbed, black morocco spine label. Hinges with hairline splits but holding nicely. Engraved armorial bookplate of Henry Usticke, Vicar of Breage, on front pastedown.    $300.00  (trade discount allowed)
A shorter version of this work was first printed in Latin in 1738. It was greatly expanded and translated into English in 1740 (becoming 2 volumes) and then reprinted in 1745.

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