Father Perry, the Jesuit Astronomer.


Book Description
First edition. 8vo. pp. 113; port. frontis., 7 plates, one sketch map, a few illusts. to text; slight chip to top edge of pp. 7/8, else clean in the original cloth, gilt, a.e.g., darkened on spine, cloth to boards somewhat discloured.
Dealer Notes
Not in Denucé. Perry (1833-1889) attended various colleges before taking up a position at Stonyhurst, where he also ran the observatory. He took part in several scientific expeditions, undertaking meteorological, magnetical, and astronomical work in France, Spain, the West Indies, Kerguelen (to observe the 1874 transit of Venus), and the Iles du Salut off French Guiana, where he died of fever. He published several reports on his findings, all of them rare; the present work, which provides an overview of his life and work, is also uncommon.
Author
[Perry, Stephen Joseph.] A. L. Cortie.
Date
1890
Binding
Original cloth, gilt
Publisher
London: The Catholic Truth Society
Condition
See description
Pages
113
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