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LUNAR ORBITER IV. Giant mosaic of the near side of the Moon, May 11-25, 1967,LUNAR ORBITER IV. Giant mosaic of the near side of the Moon, May 11-25, 1967,. Sold for US$98,500 inc. premium
PUISEUX, PIERRE HENRI, AND MAURICE LOEWY. 4 large-format quadrants of the Moon, from the Paris Observatory, 1899,PUISEUX, PIERRE HENRI, AND MAURICE LOEWY. 4 large-format quadrants of the Moon, from the Paris Observatory, 1899,. Sold for US$55,000 inc. premium

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PASSEMANT, CLAUDE-SIMEON. 1702-1769. A 6-inch reflecting telescope with speculum metal mirror, France, c.1750,
DIEN, CHARLES. 1809-1870. Planisphère mobile simplifié, donnant immédiatement l'aspect du Ciel. Paris: Alphonse Giroux, [c.1844].
WHITALL, HENRY. 1819-1887. A Moveable Planisphere Showing the Position of the Heavens at any given time. Philadelphia: Henry Whitall, 1856.
MERZ, G. & S. A 2-inch refracting telescope, c.1865,
HUGGINS, WILLIAM. 1824-1910. On the Results of Spectrum Analysis Applied to the Heavenly Bodies. A Discourse Delivered at Nottingham, before the British Association, August 24, 1866. London: W. Ladd, [1866].
YOUNG, CHARLES AUGUSTUS. 1834-1908. 2 carte-de-visite photographs of solar PROMINENCES, Observatory of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, September 28, 1870,
TELESCOPE—ENGLISH. A very large 7-inch reflecting telescope, England, c.1870,
MEYROWITZ, PAUL, retailer. A 4-inch refracting telescope, America, c.1890,
SCHAEBERLE, JOHN MARTIN. 1853-1924. Contributions from the Lick Observatory No. 4. Report on the Total Eclipse of the Sun, Observed at Mina Bronces, Chile, on April 16, 1893. Sacramento: State Office, 1895.
LICK OBSERVATORY. The Pleiades, from Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, CA, December 28, 1899,
MAILHAT, R., ATELIERS. A 4-inch refracting telescope, Paris, c.1900,
MOGEY, WILLIAM AND DAVID. A 3-inch refracting telescope, Bayonne, NJ, c.1900,
QUEEN, JAMES W., AND COMPANY, retailer. A 2½-inch refracting telescope, France, c.1900,
SMITH, ALEXANDER. 3 views of deep space, probably from Yerkes Observatory, March 30 to November 15, 1903,
RITCHEY, GEORGE WILLIS. 1864-1945.
PETITDIDIER, OCTAVE LEON. 1853-1918. A 3½-inch refracting telescope, Chicago, IL, c.1915,
LOHMANN BROTHERS. A rare 5-inch pneumatic-drive refracting telescope, Greenville, OH, c.1918,
PEASE, FRANCIS GLADHEIM. 1881–1938. 3 large views of deep space, from Mount Wilson Observatory, near Pasadena, CA, c.1920,
TELESCOPE—RUSSIAN. A 2¾-inch Maksutov telescope, Leningrad, USSR, 1959,
GLOBES—REPLOGLE. Set of 4 globes, of Mercury, Earth, the Moon, and Mars. [Chicago, IL: Replogle, c.1981-1982].
[CAPUTI, ANTONIO.] Estasi e rapimento sopra la luna di Archerio Filoseleno. Poema diviso in tre parti. Naples: Vincenzo Pauria, 1763.
RUSSELL, JOHN. 1745-1806. A Globe representing the Visible Surface of the Moon, constructed from Triangles Measured with a Micrometer and accurately drawn & engraved from a long series of Telescopic Observations by J. Russell, R.A. London: John Russell, Newman Street, June 14, 1797.
GREAT MOON HOAX. 2 lithographs: 1. Scoperte fatte nella luna dal Sigr. Herschell. Naples: Fergola, [c.1836]. 2. GALLUZZO, LEOPOLDO. Altre scoverte fatte nella luna dal Sigr. Herschel. Naples: L. Gatti e Dura, 1836.
GREAT MOON HOAX. [LOCKE, RICHARD ADAMS.] Pubblicazione completa delle nuove scoperte di Sir John Herschel nel cielo australe e nella luna; traduzione dal francese. Milan: Lorenzo Sonzogno, 1836.
DE LA RUE, WARREN. 1815-1889, attributed. 2 views of the Moon, from south-east England, c.1855,
WHIPPLE, JOHN ADAMS. 1822-1891. A view of the Moon, from Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA, c.1857,
BOND, GEORGE PHILLIPS. 1825-1865, attributed. A view of the Moon, probably from Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA, c.1857,
LE VENGEUR D'ORSAN, A. Our Satellite: a Selenography According to the Present State of Science. London: A.W. Bennett, August 1862.
DE LA RUE, WARREN. 1815-1889. "A Series of Twelve Photographs of the Moon. Photographed by A.A. Turner, from Original Photographs by Warren de la Rue, F.R.S." New York, D. Appleton, [1863].
RUTHERFURD, LEWIS MORRIS. 1816-1892. A view of the Moon, from New York, March 6, 1865,
RUTHERFURD, LEWIS MORRIS. 1816-1892. 9 images of the Moon at different phases, from New York, March 6, 1865-May 19, 1874,
RUTHERFURD, LEWIS MORRIS. 1816-1892. 3 views of the Moon, from New York, c.1865-1870,
FREITAS HENRIQUES JUNIOR, JOSE CHRISTIANO DE. 1832-1902. 2 views of the Moon, from the Observatorio Nacional Argentino, Cordoba, Argentina, June, 1873,
GREAT MELBOURNE TELESCOPE. A view of the Moon at 9 days, from Melbourne, Australia, September 1, 1873,
DRAPER, HENRY. 1837-1882, attributed. "Clavius, the moons diameter 30 inches," probably from Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, February 28, 1874,
CLARK, ALVAN. 1804-1887. A view of the Moon, perhaps from Cincinnati Observatory, June, 1878,
FLAMMARION, CAMILLE. 1842-1925. Large cabinet portrait of Flammarion at the eyepiece of his 9½-inch Bardou refractor at his Juvisy observatory, mid-1880s,
BURNHAM, SHERBURNE WESLEY. 1838-1921. 2 views of the Moon, at 5 and 6 days, from the Lick Observatory, San Jose, CA, August 12 and 13, 1888,
HENRY, PAUL P. AND PROSPER M. The Moon at 167 hours, from the Paris Observatory, March 27, 1890,
HENRY, PAUL P. AND PROSPER M. The Moon at 215 hours, from the Paris Observatory, March 29, 1890,
HOLDEN, EDWARD SINGLETON. 1846-1914. The Moon at 23 days and 8 hours, from Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, CA, July 28, 1891,
PUISEUX, PIERRE HENRI, AND MAURICE LOEWY. 4 large-format quadrants of the Moon, from the Paris Observatory, 1899,
PUISEUX, PIERRE HENRI, AND MAURICE LOEWY. 2 large-format views of the Mare Nectaris, and the Montes Alpes region, from the Paris Observatory, March 4, 1895-February 16, 1899,
YERKES OBSERVATORY. Group of 5 details of the lunar surface, from Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, WI, c.1900,
TRIP TO THE MOON. A group of items related to "A Trip to the Moon," the amusement park ride created by Frederic Thompson and Elmer "Skip" Dundy, c.1901-1903, comprising:
PEASE, FRANCIS GLADHEIM. 1881–1938. 3 large views, comprising the crater Copernicus, and two the southwest part of the Moon centered on the Mare Nubium, from Mount Wilson Observatory, near Pasadena, CA, September 15, 1919,
PEASE, FRANCIS GLADHEIM. 1881–1938. 2 large wide-angle images of the Moon, from Mount Wilson Observatory, near Pasadena, CA, September, 1919,
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