An observer of observatories : the journal of Thomas Bugge's tour of Germany, Holland and England in 1777 /edited by Kurt Moller Pedersen and Peter de Clercq.

"In 1777, the Danish astronomer Thomas Bugge (1740-1815) was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Copenhagen. He travelled through Germany to Holland and England to learn more about the state of astronomy and instrument-making in these countries. During his tour he kept a journal in which he noted what he saw, whom he met and which books and instruments he bought."--Back cover.