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33 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 180. Presentation Copy Lloyd (Humphrey) Elementary Treatise on the Wave-Theory of Light, 8vo London 1857. Second Edn. with Additions. Hf. title, pp. XII, 208, adverts at end cut out, some diagrams in text, and comments in pencil, L.S. on title, orig. cloth. Inscribed on front loose blank, ‘From the Author’. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €200 - €300 181. Photography: Brothers (A.) Photography: its History, Processes, Apparatus and Materials. 8vo Lond. (Charles Griffin & Co.) 1899. Second Edn. Revised, frontis plts. text illus. etc. Orig. crimson cloth, with gilt initials stamped on front cover. V. good copy. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €130 - €180 182. Famous Irish Astronomer Clerke (Agnes Mary) The System of the Stars, roy 8vo Lond. 1890. First Edn., Hf. title, fold. frontis & 5 plates, complete, text illus. etc., 24pp catalogue at end, orig. green cloth, with bookplate, ‘Birr Castle Observatory, Ireland.’ Some discolouration, otherwise v. good copy. V. Scarce. * The author was born in Skibbereen, Co. Cork. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €200 - €300 183. Scheiner (Prof. J.) A Treatise on Astronomical Spectroscopy, Being a Translation of Die Spectralanalyse der Gestrine. Translated, Revised & Enlarged by Edwin Brant Frost. Roy 8vo Boston U.S.A. & London (Ginn & Co.) 1894. First English Edn, plts. & illus., orig. mor. backed cloth boards. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €140 - €220 180 183 179. Presentation Copy Babbage (Charles) The Exposition of 1851; or, Views of the Industry, The Science and the Government of England. 8vo Lond. (John Murray) 1851. First Edn., hf. title, Bound with, The Eleventh Chapter of the History of The Royal Society, by C.R. Weld, 8vo Lond. (Richard Clay) 1849. Four pages of adverts by Babbage at end, orig. gilt lettered green cloth. Inscribed Presentation Copy, ‘To the Earl of Rosse K.P. & .. from the Author.’V. good. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €700 - €1000 182