COMMISSIONERS OF LONGITUDE. Tables for correcting the apparent distance of the moon and a star from the effects of refraction and parallax. Published by order of the Commissioners of Longitude, Cambridge: printed by J. Archdeacon, sold by J. Nourse, Mount & Page, 1772, large 4° (library markings, including perforation on title and 12M1, free endpapers detached), contemporary calf (covers detached) -- Vincent WING (1619-1668). Astronomia Britannica, London: typis Johannis Macock, impensis Georgii Sawbridge, 1669, 2°, FIRST EDITION, woodcut diagrams (lacking four prelimary leaves, library markings), contemporary calf (covers detached, spine split). [Wing W2986] Provenance: I. & II. JCL (2)

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COMMISSIONERS OF LONGITUDE. Tables for correcting the apparent distance of the moon and a star from the effects of refraction and parallax. Published by order of the Commissioners of Longitude, Cambridge: printed by J. Archdeacon, sold by J. Nourse, Mount & Page, 1772, large 4° (library markings, including perforation on title and 12M1, free endpapers detached), contemporary calf (covers detached) -- Vincent WING (1619-1668). Astronomia Britannica, London: typis Johannis Macock, impensis Georgii Sawbridge, 1669, 2°, FIRST EDITION, woodcut diagrams (lacking four prelimary leaves, library markings), contemporary calf (covers detached, spine split). [Wing W2986] Provenance: I. & II. JCL (2)

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