BONNYCASTLE John - An Introduction to Astronomy. In a Series of Letters, from a Preceptor to His Pupil. In which the mos...

BONNYCASTLE John - An Introduction to Astronomy. In a Series of Letters, from a Preceptor to His Pupil. In which the most useful and interesting Parts of the Science are clearly and familiarly explained. Illustrated with copper-plates. London 1786; Printed for J. Johnson. 8, pp. VI, [2], 431, [1], plates 20, frontispiece in copperplate. clothbound. psk.
Minor local yellowing of paper, taped tear in the margin of one of the first pages, good condition. First edition of a reissued textbook of astronomy decorated with twenty, largely fold-out, copperplate plates.