Astronomy /
Dionysius Lardner (1793-1859)
Category
Books
Date
1833
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3188061
Summary
Bibliographic description
16, [2], viii, 422, [2] p., 3 leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Imperfect: copy lacks preliminary 16 pp. of advertisements. Provenance: nineteenth century printed paper label reading "French, English and American Library news rooms - circulating library Librairie des Etrangers Française, Anglaise et Américaine Abonnement de lecture - Salons Littéraires 55 rue Neuve Saint-Augustin one door from 11 rue de la Paix Au coin de la rue de la Paix no 11. - Paris" on front pastedown. Binding: nineteenth century red cloth over boards; printed paper label reading "Dr Lardner's Cabinet cyclopaedia. Natural philosophy Astronomy. By Sir J.F.W. Herschel, M.A. 6s." on spine.
Makers and roles
Dionysius Lardner (1793-1859) Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871)