{"product_id":"the-heavens-amedee-guillemin-second-english-edition","title":"The Heavens, Amédée Guillemin. Second English Edition.","description":"\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eThe Heavens: An Illustrated Handbook of Popular Astronomy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eAmédée Guillemin\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003eSecond English edition of this richly illustrated Victorian survey of popular astronomy, particularly notable for its dramatic celestial imagery: Donati’s Comet above the Harvard College Observatory, colored views of solar and lunar eclipses, panoramic renderings of the northern and southern heavens, and depictions of the planets. Edited by astronomer J. Norman Lockyer.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003eLondon: Richard Bentley, 1867. Large octavo, later black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; pp. xxiii, [1], 524. Illustrated with a colored frontispiece depicting Donati’s Comet, one folding diagram of the solar system, numerous colored and monochrome astronomical plates, and illustrations throughout the text. Minimal wear to boards, some wear and discoloration to the page edges. Contents lightly toned with occasional foxing and handling wear. The illustrated plates remain attractive.\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"The Rare Book Sleuth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47308356616367,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/8846\/4815\/files\/IMG_9889_48923f60-07ea-4656-b758-6876fadf55ca.jpg?v=1785860889","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksleuth.com\/products\/the-heavens-amedee-guillemin-second-english-edition","provider":"The Rare Book Sleuth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}