Elger : The Moon : A Full Description and Map of Its Principal Physical Features

The Moon: A Full Description and Map of Its Principal Physical Features

By Thomas Gwyn Elger

London; George Philip and Son, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover, large 8vo (25cm x 15.5cm), Bound in publisher's blue cloth with bevelled edges, lettering to upper board and spine, black clay endpapers, half-title, advert leaf at end.pp. viii, 173, [3], English text, with 4 double-page maps of the moon.

Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger FRAS (27 October 1836 – 9 January 1897) was a British selenographer and one of the preeminent lunar observers of the Victorian age, best known for his lunar map, which was regarded as one of the best available until the 1960s. He was the first director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association (BAA), and is remembered by the lunar crater Elger.

CONDITION
A very good copy. The cloth bindings is in very good clean condition as can be seen in the images provided. Endpapers very good and inner hinges sound with no cracking. All contents present and pages in good clean condition throughout. Slight slipping to one signature near the middle of the book but nothing loose. No writing or names. Overall a very good first edition.

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