ASTRONOMY DREYER J L E New General Catalogue [with the 2 Ind

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DREYER, JOHN LOUIS EMIL. New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, being the Catalogue of the late Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart., revised, corrected, and enlarged. bound with: Index Catalogue of Nebulae found in the Years 1888 to 1894. and: Second Index Catalogue . . . containing Objects found in the Years 1895 to 1907. Together, 3 volumes in one. 4to, contemporary 1/2 morocco, spine faded, front cover detached; contents clean. London, 1888; 1895; 1908

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first editions of Dreyer's major work, still a standard reference; extracted from Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society. The New General Catalogue contained the positions and descriptions of 7840 nebulae and clusters; the 2 Index Catalogues added 5386 more. "A major contribution to astronomy, the NGC numbers remain the universally employed nomenclature" (ODNB). BEA, page 313.
with: Second Armagh Catalogue of 3,300 Stars for the Epoch 1875. 8vo, contemporary cloth, spine with white ink shelf number, ends chipped, with Armagh Observatory presentation bookplate; contents clean. Dublin, 1886. first edition of Dreyer's enlarged revision of an earlier work by Thomas Robinson, his predecessor as director of the Armagh Observatory.