Keill.Intro.True Astronomy,1st,1721

Keill (John) An Introduction to the True Astronomy:

or Astronomical Lectures read in the Astronomical School of the University of Oxford, first edition in English, 28 folding engraved plates including 2 of the lunar surface by Senex, contemporary ink inscription of "Geo. Savile, April ye 7th, 1721" on front pastedown, foxed, offsetting to final plate, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine worn at head and foot, joints split, 8vo, for Bernard Lintot, 1721.

***Originally published, in Latin, in 1718. The dedication in this English edition states that "the version was made at the request and for the service of the fair sex, and particularly for the service of the great ornament of her sex, the Duchess of Chandos. It is no flattery to the ladies to say that such of them as delight in the arts and sciences, as to quickness of perception and to delicacy of taste, are equal, if not superior to men.".