Astronomien, uppå Sir Isaac Newtons Grundsatser lått och begriplig gjord för dem, some j studerat Mathemtiken. Ofwersatt ifran andra Engelska Uplagan, af år 1757
Strengnäs: tryckt af Lars Arvids,. Collin, 1771. First Swedish translation of Ferguson’s popular AstronomyExplained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles, first published in 1756. This work was revised and reprinted dozens of times in England and America and translated into German. Ten folding engraved plats, some shaved along upper rule border. Binding extremities lightly rubbed, some browning, name in ink on back pastedown. A very good copy. Contemporary calf-backed speckled boards. Octavo. [iv], lx, 331, [9] pp. Item #14670
OCLC lists four copies: the Burndy Library, UCLA, Stanford, and the University of Oklahoma.
Milburn, A Bibliography of James Ferguson, B7(19). Wallis 75.03 (locating five copies in Swedish libraries and one at the Babson).
Price: $600.00