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[ASTRONOMY]. A group of 4 works, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original printed wrappers, most uncut and unopened, most FIRST EDITION.
Estimate: $300-$400
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[ASTRONOMY]. A group of 4 works, comprising:

PONTECOULANT, Gustave De. Theorie Analytique Systeme Du Monde. Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, 1856. Volume I (of 2) only. Second edition. -- DRAPER, Henry, & George W. RITCHEY. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge …. On the Construction of a Silvered Glass Telescope… On the Modern Reflecting Telescope. Washington, [D.C.]: The Smithsonian Institution, 1904. -- POINCARE, Henri. Lecons sur les Hypotheses Cosmogoniques. Paris: A. Hermann et Fils, 1911. -- POWER, Joseph. “Theory of the Reciprocal Action between the Solar Rays and the Different Media,” In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Vol. 144, Pt. I. London: [Royal Society of London], 1854. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original printed wrappers, most uncut and unopened, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. 

Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil