Lyon (but Geneva): Jean Martin (Jean II Frellon?), 1565. 8vo (183 x 109 mm). [200], 1256 pp. Floral woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Bound in contemporary vellum, spine with ink-lettering (vellum soiled and spotted, small hole at upper hinge, light wear to extremities). Text with light even browning, occasional minor... More about Institution de la religion chrestienne, nouvellement mise en quatre livres: et distinguee par...

Hastings, NY: Henry Draper, 1863. Size 536 x 435 mm (21 x 17 inches) laid down on original mount (702 x 547 mm) which bears a printed label 'Photograph of the Moon, taken by Prof. Henry Draper, M.D., with a silvered glass Telescope, Fifteen and a Half Inches Aperture, Hastings... More about A very large and extremely rare early albumen silver print photograph of the Moon

St. Louis: Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, 1962. 2nd edition, November 1962. Scale 1:5,000,000. Single lithographed sheet, size 34 x 35 in. (864 x 889 mm, lunar diameter 27 in). The map with a few marginal kinks, but generally well preserved. ----

"The USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic (LEM) is a.... More about USAF lunar reference mosaic, LEM-1. Lunar earthside hemisphere in orthographic projection

Washington, D.C. NASA, 1968. NASA negative no. AS08-14-2383. William Anders, December 24, 1968. Size 11 x 14 inches (272 x 350 mm). Chromogenic print laid down on matt 16 x 20 inches, signed in felt-tip pen on the matt 'To: Myra and Roy - With best wishes, James Lovell, Apollo... More about Earthrise from Apollo 8

Bound in early 20th century half cloth over marbled boards with two paper labels to spine. Content list in neat contemporary hand bound at beginning. Papers: 1. GUSSEW, H. Ueber die Gestalt des Mondes. 36 pp. With the author's presentation inscription. Waterstain throughout. 2. CELORIA, G. Sull'eclissi totale di Luna... More about SAMMELBAND: 17 special prints and monographs on lunar science

Mosaic of four sections, approx. size 340 x 820 mm, framed under glass and photo mount. Silk photopaper. Creator B. A. Käfig(?), signed in pencil on photo mount. Near pristine condition of photograph with no visible scratches. Provenance: British astronomer Patrick Moore. ----

Shown on this Earth-based telescopic image are... More about Lunar landscape near the terminator

Lunar World Record Team, 2009. Sheet size 608 x 507 mm, under photo mount. Signed in the image by the members of the team. This Photographic print was presented to Sir Patrick Moore by the team members on the occasion of the Guinness Wold Records presentation event, which was hosted... More about LUNAR IMAGE: The World's largest ground-based lunar image mosaic, 4th April 2009

London: for W. Johnston, 1769. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (203 x 124 mm). viii, 1-346, [5], 348-464, [1], 468-536; [2], 63, [3] pp. 3 pages errata and 8 folding engraved plates bound at end of part II. Contemporary mottled calf, spine with 5 raised bands and gilt-lettered red... More about Universal arithmetick: or, a treatise of arithmetical composition and resolution. Written in...

Antwerp: Hieronymus Verdussen, 1645. Two parts in one volume. Folio (303 x 205 mm). [52], 356, [4, blank] pp., 10 engraved plates by Arnold Loemans including a lunar map; [16], 279 [1], [28, index] pp. Each part with separate title-page, first title-page printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, woodcut... More about Oculus Enoch et Eliae, sive radius sidereomysticus pars prima . . . Opus philosophis, astronomis,...

Geneva: Henricum-Albertum Gosse, 1747. 4to (260 x 205 mm). viii, 581 [1] pp. Including 51 folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf, spine with two gilt lettered labels and rich floral gilt decoration, red-dyed edges, and marbled endpapers. ----

Graesse VII 469. Final edition. Volume III of the five-volume encyclopedic standard work... More about Elementa Matheseos universae. Tomus Tertius, qui opticam, perspectivam, catoptricam, dioptricam,...

Various: Various.. Items have various states of preservation, wrappers little stained and dust-soiled, text generally very little age-toned. The collection comprises:
1. The Scattering of Electrons by Atoms. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Vol. 127, No. 806, 1930, pp. 658-665. Entire number. Publisher's printed wrappers... More about A group of 9 offprints and journal issues by Nevill Francis Mott (Nobel Prize 1977 in Physics),...

Various: Various.. Items have various states of preservation, wrappers mostly browned and dust-soiled and with occasional edge-chipping and folds, text generally very little browned. The collection comprises:
1. The photoelectric effect in potassium vapour as a function of the frequency of the light. Extract from: The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin... More about A collection of 10 offprints, journal issues, manuscripts and notes by Ernest O. Lawrence (Nobel...

Various: Various.. Various states of preservation, wrappers mostly browned and dust-soiled and with occasional edge-chipping, text generally little browned. Front wrappers mostly with shelf marks and ink stamps.
1. The phase in the case of polar reflexion from cobalt and nickel and the angle of reversal of the null rotation... More about A group of 13 offprints by P. Zeeman (Nobel Prize 1902) and co-authors, 1894 to 1936, one with...