May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 246

Price Realized: $ 2,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(STAR ATLASES.) Group of 4 volumes. Various sizes, Bradford in original 1/2 leather, rebacked retaining original backstrip, Mitchel in original flexible boards, Bazley and Ball in original cloth; scattered foxing in Bradford and Ball; scattered foxing. first editions. Vp, 1837-48-78-92

Additional Details

Bradford, Duncan. The Wonders of the Heavens. 16 engraved or wood-engraved plates, including additional title and 6 folding hand-colored celestial charts. Boston, 1837 Mitchel. Atlas designed to illustrate Mitchel's Edition of [Elijah Burritt's] The Geography of the Heavens. 27 double-page lithographed white-on-black plates. Binding worn and resewn. 1848 Bazley, Thomas Sebastian. The Stars in Their Courses. 24 double-page lithographed plates. Spine darkened, missing small portion at top, hinges cracked. London, 1878 Ball, Robert, Sir. An Atlas of Astronomy. 72 plates, plus 13 key maps. London, 1892.