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1301 - ADAMS, George. A Treatise describing and explaining the construction and use of the new celestial and terrestrial globes, London (published by the author at “Tycho Brahe’s Head”), 1772. In-8°, contemporary calfskin binding (upper cover detached), pp. xxviii + 345 + [17, Adams’s Catalog of Instruments] with 14 plates.
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ADAMS, George. A Treatise describing and explaining the construction and use of the new celestial and terrestrial globes, London (published by the author at “Tycho Brahe’s Head”), 1772. In-8°, contemporary calfskin binding (upper cover detached), pp. xxviii + 345 + [17, Adams’s Catalog of Instruments] with 14 plates. 3rd edition of a work highly regarded by George Adams Sr., which went through five editions and two Dutch translations before being reprinted by Dudley Adams in 1810. Adams, father and son, were among the finest manufacturers of mathematical instruments in London during the latter half of the 18th century. H & L 9775; Millburn (Adams) 388. Provenance: library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)
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