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[ASTRONOMY]. A group of 5 works, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original or contemporary cloth, condition generally good.
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[ASTRONOMY]. A group of 5 works, including:
PRITCHARD, Charles. Uranometria Nova Oxoniensis. Oxford, 1885. 2 ALSs tipped-in before title-page: Copy of KNOBEL, Edwin. ALS (“Edwin B. Nobel”), as Secretary for the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) to Pritchard. London, 9 January 1886. Awarding the RAS Gold Medal to Pritchard for his work on Photometric research; PRITCHARD. ALS (“C. Pritchard”), to the Warden for the New College Library. N.p., 10 January 1886. Regarding gift of the present book with the above ALS. Provenance: New College Library (exlibris stamp, signature). ASSOCIATION COPY. -- HALE, George Ellery. The Study of Stellar Evolution. Chicago, 1908. Provenance: British Astronomical Association Library (stamps, shelfmarks). FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHER. -- CHAMBERS, George F. A Cycle of Celestial Objects. Oxford, 1881. Second edition. -- And 2 others. Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original or contemporary cloth, condition generally good. Complete list upon request.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil