2 VOLUMES EDITION ORIGINALE
2 VOLUMES – 1ERE EDITION 1844 & 1848 A GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE PRINCIPAL FIXED STARS FROM OBSERVATIONS (1844) 269 pp. & ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS (1848) 186 pp. MADE AT THE HONORABLE THE EAST INDIA COMPANY’S OBSERVATORY AT MADRAS In folio (30x18 cm), reliure demi-veau époque General catalogue of the principal fixed stars from the observations in the years 1830-1843 & Astronomical observations made at the honorable the east india company’s observatory at madras, in the years 1843-1847, together with the recomputation of the sun and moon and planetary observations since 1831. By Thomas Glanville Taylor, esq. F.R.S. & F.R.A.S., astronomer to the honorable company. Printed by order of the Madras government mostly folding b & w litho. Plans etc. at end, some dust-soiling. Some dust-soiling, single library bookplate to upper pastedowns, hinges cracked, contemp. Straight-grain half morocco gilt, library classification number at head of spines, covers slightly dust-soiled and slight wear, folio