Frankfurt am Main: Nikolaus Basse, 1582. 4to (193 x 147 mm), [2], LXXXV [1] pp. Signatures: (A-L)4. Title printed in red and black with Basse's woodcut device, floral decorated woodcut initials. The main pages are double-ruled to the right of the text forming three blank columns where users of the..... More

Augsburg: Merz & Mayr, 1731. Oblong 4to (152 x 208 mm). [8], 212 pp., including engraved frontispiece by Aug. C. Fleischmann, title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, large folding table, engraved plate bound after p.92, engraved text illustration, and 82 (10 folding) engraved plates, mostly of constellations, bound..... More

Paris: Chez Cuchet, 1789. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo (199 x 127 mm), xliv, 322; viii, 323-653, [3] pp., including half title to each part, 2 folding letterpress tables in part I and 13 folding engraved plates bound at end of part II. Very little even browning, minors occasional..... More

Stockholm: Norstedt, 1884. Offprint: Bihang Till K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handlingar, Bd. VIII, 13. Stockholm: Norstedt, 1884. 8vo (215 x 140 mm). 53 [1], 89 [1] pp. Original wrappers with publisher's ink stamp at top margin of each volume (wrappers little browned, lower cover of first volume with minor edge chipping)..... More

Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1890. 8vo (241 x 148 mm). 15 [1] pp. Original publisher's printed wrappers, stapled as issued (fore-edge with rather crude scissor opening cut, crayon underlining of author's name and further crayon note at top margin, light dust-soiling, shelf-mark stamp). Text little age-toned only. A very good, unsophisticated..... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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