May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 228

Price Realized: $ 180
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
GILL, DAVID, Sir. Group of 3 star catalogues. First 2 4to, third 8vo, all in original blue cloth with white ink shelf numbers on spines; contents clean and unmarked except for institutional stamp on front pastedowns. BEA, pages 420-21. London, 1894-98-99

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Catalogue of 1713 Stars, for the Equinox 1885·0, from Observations made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, during the Years 1879 to 1885. Cellotape repair across title. 1894 Catalogue of 3007 Stars, for the Equinox 1890·0, from Observations made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, during the Years 1885 to 1895. 1898 Catalogue of 1905 Stars, for the Equinox 1865·0, from Observations made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, during the Years 1861 to 1870. Spine darkened. 1899.