LOWELL PERCIVAL; et al Annals of the Lowell Observatory Vol

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LOWELL, PERCIVAL; et al. Annals of the Lowell Observatory. Volumes 1-3 [all published]. 80 plates, including 4 in color and 3 folding * Drawings of Mars 1903 . . . Being Selected Reproductions direct from the Record Book. Title and 10 plates, each with 5 subjects. Together, 4 volumes. 4to, Annals 304x258 mm, Volumes 1 and 2 in original wrappers, Volume 2 covers creased and chipped, reattached with missing portions restored with tissue, Volume 3 in original boards, worn, with front hinge cracked and rear cover detached; Drawings 310x269 mm, in original wrappers; contents clean apart from heavy foxing on Volume 3 rear endleaves; 4 custom cloth folding cases. Vp, 1898-1905

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first editions. "Percival Lowell's fame and notoriety arose from his claims about the existence of intelligent life on Mars, based on what he regarded as irrefutable evidence for a network of canals on the surface of the planet visible from the Lowell Observatory" (BEA, page 710). He established the Observatory expressly for Martian research but made other studies there as well. The contents of the Annals are as follows:

Volume I. Observations of the Planet Mars during the Opposition of 1894-5 made at Flagstaff, Arizona. 21 plates, including 3 in color and one folding; 2 text illustrations. xi, [1], 391, [1] pages. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1898.

Volume II. I. Observations of the Planet Jupiter and its Satellites 1894 and 1895. II. Observations of the 1896 and 1897 made at Flagstaff, Arizona, and Tacubaya, Mexico. 41 plates, including one in color and 2 folding; 4 text illustrations. x, 523 pages. Cambridge: The University Press, 1900.

Volume III. Observations of the Planet Mars during the Oppositions of 1894, 1896, 1898, 1901 and 1903 made at Flagstaff, Arizona. 18 plates; 76 text illustrations. xiv, 293, [1]; [2], 60 pages. Np, 1905.