macpike eugene fairfield (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1100grams, ISBN:

Zustand: New.

Original-Leinenband. XIV, 300 Seiten mit einem Porträtfrontispiz, einigen s/w Abbildungen und einem ausfaltbaren Brieffaksimile. Die Ecken und die Kapitale sind etwas bestoßen und der Einband lichtrandig, sonst handelt es sich um ein gutes Exemplar mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Textsauber und aus einem Nichtraucherhaushalt. Mit Namenseintrag auf der Titelseite. // Original hardcover. The corners and capitals are slightly bumped and the cover has light edges, otherwise it is a clean book in good condition. Book from a non smoking environment. With name entry on the title page. Sprache: Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo (25 cm), frontispiece portrait, XVI, 390 pp., 10 plates. Publisher's blue-grey cloth, gilt spine lettering (binding somewhat rubbed at extremities; free endpapers browned; ownership inscription on front free endpaper). History of Science Society Publications, New Series II. First edition. A fundamental primary source collection for the study of Edmond Halley and Newtonian-era astronomy. Edited by Eugene Fairfield MacPike, the volume brings together key biographical and documentary materials relating to Halley's life and scientific activity, including an early unpublished memoir by a contemporary (attributed to Martin Folkes), and the Éloge de Halley by D'Ortous de Mairan. It also provides extensive bibliographical and archival apparatus, including chronological lists of Halley's correspondence (both printed and unprinted), selected letters and papers, and a substantial appendix (Halleiana I-XXI) covering topics such as Halley's ancestry, India Office records, extracts from Hooke's diary, correspondence of Newton and Hevelius, Halley's Latin verse, his will, voyages, diplomatic missions to Vienna, and a comprehensive bibliography of his published works.

8vo. ix, 140 pp. Frontispiece, 4 full-page plates, index. Blue gilt-stamped cloth; faded, rubbed. Very good. Scarce. MacPike was editor of the correspondence of Halley.

8vo. ix, 140 pp. Frontispiece, 4 full-page plates, index. Free endpapers toned. Blue cloth; spine faded, front right edge slightly dented. Bookplate. Very good.