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Sale 365: Fine Americana with Autographs & Manuscripts (#365) 10/11/2007 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 10/11/2007 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #45 Memoir of Nathaniel Bowditch [Cover Title]

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Title:

Memoir of Nathaniel Bowditch [Cover Title]

Author:

Bowditch, Nathaniel Ingersoll

Place Published:

Boston

Publisher:

Charles C. Little and James Brown

Date Published:

1839

Description:

168 pp. 2 engraved portraits. (4to) 11¼x9, original boards with modern rebacking. First Separately Published Edition.

Reprinted for presentation from Volume IV of Bowditch's translation of Pierre Simon La Place's 'Mécanique Céleste'. Inscribed for "Joshua Blake, Esq. with the respects of The Author. Boston, July 29, 1839" on presentation page, additional brief inscription on front cover.

Condition:

Some soiling to boards, edges and corners rubbed, hinges repaired; else very good.

Item#:

185205

Headline:

Scarce Memoir of Nathaniel Bowditch 1839
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