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Baxter, Andrew,1686?-1750.
Meyster, F. C.,former owner.StEdNL
Te Amsterdam, : By Yntema & Tieboel.,
MDCCLXVII. [1767]
Half title pages in each volume.
A rare first Dutch translation of a work by Andrew Baxter (1686-1750). Baxter was born in Aberdeen and educated at King's College. Afterwards he mostly supported himself by tutoring the sons of noblemen. In 1741 he went with two pupils to Utrecht and resided there until 1747 when he returned to Scotland. In 1738 he published "Matho sive, Cosmotheoria puerilis, dialogus ...", a Latin exposition of the first principles of astronomy, among other things, intended for his pupils. Two years later he brought out a version in English, greatly enlarged.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Manuscript signature "F.[?] C. Meyster" on the half title pages of both volumes.
Astronomy
Astronomy
Cosmology
Netherlands Amsterdam.