Memoir Of Nathaniel Bowditch, By His Son
by Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
Boston: Charles Little and James Brown. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1840. Second Edition. Hardcover. Engraved titles; 172 pages; The first edition consisted of some extra copies of the memoir in the Mecanique Celeste, With the title page of Vol IV. Sabin 7000. This copy 2 frontises (facing title and dedication). 172pp. 4to. Later cloth with leather front cover l. Spine and portions of covers sunned. Bowdoitch authored the authoritative 18th century text, American Practical Navigator. .
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- Title
- Memoir Of Nathaniel Bowditch, By His Son
- Author
- Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Little and James Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1840
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