Observations on the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli, near Naples. With an attempt to explain the causes of the frequent elevation and depression of large portions of the earth's surface . . . With a supplement . . .

Babbage, Charles

Published by n.pl., Privately printed, 1847., 1847

About this Item

Second part of title continues: With a supplement. Conjectures on the physical condition of the Moon. First edition. Orig. red cloth with rendition of the Temple of Serapis, which figured in Lyell's Principles of Geology, on front cover in gilt. Good copy, binding stained and worn. Copy once belonging to the American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould, with the following presentation inscription on front flyleaf: "Prof. Lewis R. Gibb[e]s, with kind regards of his friend B. A. Gould Cambridge 1854 Sept. 8." Gould maintained a private observatory at his house Cloverden in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The recipient, Lewis R. Gibbes (sometimes mistakenly spelled Gibbs), similarly constructed an observatory in Charleston, South Carolina, which was used by the U. S. Coast Survey. He taught at Charleston College and rendered service to the Confederacy in the taking of Fort Sumter.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Observations on the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli, near Naples. With an attempt to explain the causes of the frequent elevation and depression of large portions of the earth's surface . . . With a supplement . . .
• Publisher: n.pl., Privately printed, 1847.
• Publication Date: 1847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Catalogue XXXII