RARE BOOK, LITERATURE & COLLECTORS’ SALE May 30th & 31st

72 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 425. Astronomy: Photographs: - Roberts (Isaac) Photograph of the Dumb Bell Nebula 27M Vulcuputae, Taken 3 October, 1888, at Maghull. Exposure time, 3 hours, enlarged 15 times. approx. 36cms x 29cms (14” x 11 ½ ”) including mount, with letterpress. As a photograph, w.a.f. Rare. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €250 - €350 426. Astronomy - Photographs: Roberts (Isaac) Photograph of Nebulae in the Pleiades, Exposure 4 hours, enlarged 4 times, by Isaac Roberts, F.R.A.S., F.G.S., Maghull, 8th Dec. 1888 (date in manuscript) approx. 37cms x 29.5cms (14 ½ ” x 11 ½ ”), including mount with letterpress. As a photo, w.a.f. Rare. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €300 - €400 427. Astronomy: Photograph: Roberts (Isaac) Photograph of the Nebula 31M Andromeda, Exposure 240 minutes, enlarged 3 times. Taken by Roberts, Maghull, 29th December 1888, (date in manuscript), approx. 36cms x 29cms (14 1/4” x 11 ½ ”), including mount with title letterpress. As a photo, w.a.f. Rare. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €300 - €400 428. Astronomy: Photograph - Roberts (Isaac) Photograph of the Nebula, 51M Canum Venaticorum, Exposure, 4 hours, 29th April 1889, enlarged 10 times. Approx. 36cms x 29cms (14” x 11 ½ ”) including mount with letterpress. As a photo, w.a.f. Rare. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €300 - €400 428 425 426 427