ASTRONOMY SMYTH WILLIAM HENRY A Cycle of Celestial Objects 2

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SMYTH, WILLIAM HENRY. A Cycle of Celestial Objects. Numerous text illustrations. Half-titles; publisher's 4-page catalogue at end of Volume 2. 2 volumes. 8vo, modern gilt-lettered black cloth; old institutional stamps on titles London, 1844-81

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first edition of a classic guide to amateur astronomy. The first volume is a general introduction to the subject; the second, known as the Bedford Catalogue, records 850 objects seen from the author's private observatory at Bedford. A career naval officer, Smyth (1788-1865) devoted his attention to astronomy from 1830 onward. One of his sons was Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900), astronomer royal for Scotland. BEA, page 1070.