{"product_id":"the-planet-neptune-an-exposition-and-history-by-john-pringle-nichol-1848-first-edition","title":"THE PLANET NEPTUNE: AN EXPOSITION AND HISTORY BY JOHN PRINGLE NICHOL 1848 FIRST EDITION","description":"\u003cp\u003e[NICHOL, JOHN PRINGLE]. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Planet Neptune: An Exposition and History. \u003c\/strong\u003eEdinburgh: John Johnstone, 1848.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFIRST EDITION. Cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (21.5 x 13 x 2 cm); pp. 133, [2, publisher's advertisements]. English text. Bound in publisher's original red cloth; yellow endpapers; five illustrated plates; diagrams in the text; printed footnotes; advertisements to rear. Condition: GOOD. Neatly rebacked retaining much of the original spine cloth. Some darkening to the covers. The interior well-preserved., some staining affecting the frontispiece. Armorial bookplate to front \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003epastedown. Scarce.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes: Neptune was the first planet found through mathematical prediction rather than direct empirical observation. John Pringle Nichol, the Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University of Glasgow, wrote this book specifically to explain this complex mathematical triumph and its controversies to a lay audience.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFR Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487742468471,"sku":null,"price":395.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0456\/6872\/8995\/files\/SAM_4153_4e9f91a6-797f-4bbc-8351-fa10ac643bc5.jpg?v=1790203369","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksboutique.com\/products\/the-planet-neptune-an-exposition-and-history-by-john-pringle-nichol-1848-first-edition","provider":"MFR Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}