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WRIGHT (THOMAS) An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe... and Particularly the Via Lactea], FIRST EDITION, [for the Author, and sold by H. Chapelle, 1750]
4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,147.50 inc. premium
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[WRIGHT (THOMAS)
An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe... and Particularly the Via Lactea], FIRST EDITION, lacking all before p.9, final leaf of text, subscribers list, and contents leaf, 32 engraved plates (of which 2 folding and 8 with mezzotint), every leaf remargined at gutter, recent half calf reusing earlier boards and spine [Norman 2265], 4to, [for the Author, and sold by H. Chapelle, 1750]
Footnotes
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of Wright's curious theory on the Milky Way, proposing it as either a disc or a spherical shell, with a "divine centre" its the gravitational heart.