DUHAMEL, Jean Baptiste (1797-1872). Astronomia physica, Paris: Petrus Lamy, 1660, 2 volumes in one, 4° (224 x 174mm.), FIRST EDITION, woodcut illustrations (title with repaired tear, clipped at upper margin, and with ownership inscription and numerals scored through, some gatherings browned), 19th-century vellum-backed boards (front cover stained, extremities worn, bookplate to front pastedown removed).

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DUHAMEL, Jean Baptiste (1797-1872). Astronomia physica, Paris: Petrus Lamy, 1660, 2 volumes in one, 4° (224 x 174mm.), FIRST EDITION, woodcut illustrations (title with repaired tear, clipped at upper margin, and with ownership inscription and numerals scored through, some gatherings browned), 19th-century vellum-backed boards (front cover stained, extremities worn, bookplate to front pastedown removed).

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