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. / by John Bonnycastle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonnycastle, John, approximately 1760-1821.

Contributor:

Robert Frost Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomy.

Penn Provenance:

Frost, Robert (donor) (Frost Collection copy)

Burton, John (autograph) (inscription) (Frost Collection copy)

Crosthwaite, Joseph (inscription) (Frost Collection copy)

Physical Description:

vi, 385 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates, XIX leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

Fifth edition, corrected and improved.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Johnson, 1807.

Notes:

"An explanation of the principal terms made use of in astronomy": P. 362-385.

"Directions to the Binder": P. [386].

Local Notes:

Frost Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2010 by Robert Frost.

Frost Collection copy has early autograph ("John Burton Chatteris.") on title leaf; ms. inscription ("J. Burton died 18th June 1821") on verso of frontispiece plate.

Frost Collection copy has dated 19th-century ms. inscription ("Jno. Burton June 27 1814 a Present from the Revd. Jos. Crosthwaite Curate of Chatteris.") on verso of frontispiece plate recording the gift of this volume to John Burton from Joseph Crosthwaite (d. 1816; a chaplain to the East India Company, he died on the way to Bengal).

OCLC:

10498747