The General History of Astronomy: Volume 2, Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics Part B: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

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25.5 x 19 cm. Royal octavo. 281pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Light toning to page edges. Volume 2B of The General History of Astronomy. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. N° de ref. del artículo 67358

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