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[AMUSEMENTS – ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK]. A Succinct Description of that Elaborate and Matchless Pile of Art, Called the Microcosm; with a Short Account of the Solar System:…London: for the Proprietor, 1772. The Eleventh Edition. Plain gray wrappers. Engraved plate depicting the device. 8vo. 32pp. Few small rust marks. A rare souvenir pamphlet on the Microcosm, the astronomical clock built by Henry Bridges and viewed by thousands of people on its tours between 1733—55.