MITCHELL Lucy M.ABAA
The Orbs of Heaven or the Planetary and Stellar Worlds.
1860RW1181London:: Routledge Warne and Routledge 1860. 1860. Sm. 8vo. viii 304 8 pp. Engraved frontis. half-title 9 color blue-printed plates figs. 6 additional blue-printed plates at rear depicting nebulae. Original brown blind- and gilt-stamped cloth. Ownership signatures of Mrs. Jay Winterslow nr. Salisbury U.K. and Henry E. Ravenhill Buchland Newton embossed stamps of Ellis Bookseller Sherborne. Very good. "New Edition with numerous illustrations." First issued in 1851 which was issued with 6 pls. not the 15 total in the present 1860 printing thus this has added plates that enhance this edition. While primarily known as an astronomer and the builder of the Cincinnati Observatory Mitchell also lectured in mathematics and philosophy and studied law he was instrumental in establishing Cincinnati College's law school. A graduate of West Point where he was a classmate of Robert E. Lee Mitchell served as a Major General in the Union Army during the Civil War. Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860. hardcover books
