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59 53 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED 306. Astronomy: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent) and Telescopic Appearance of the Planet Saturn, its Satellites, and Rings... and the Habitability of Saturn... 8vo Lond. 1865. First Edn., hf. title, 14 plts. including fold. frontis, complete, 24pp catalogue at end, v. clean text, orig. gilt decor. blue cloth with gilt Saturn's, stained. (1) Provenance : Birr Castle Estate. €160-€220 307. Astromony: Lowell (Percival) Mars, roy 8vo Lond. (Longmans Green & Co.) 1896. First Edn., cold. frontis & 25 plts. t.e.g., orig. crimson cloth, gilt decor. (some stains); also Mars and its Canals, roy 8vo New York (Macmillan Company) 1906. First Edn., hf. title, frontis, 21 plts. (some cold.) & text illus. thro.- out text, orig. green cloth, gilt lettered, some stains. (2) €130-€180 308. Pamphlet: Remarks on The Life and Death of the Fam'd Mr. Blood, 4to Lond. 1817. Red. & bl. title with decor. border, engd. port. frontis & wd. cut port. 34pp., full cloth with orig. ptd. & decor. wrappers bound in. V. good. Scarce. (1) * Reprint of the 1680 edition. €150-€200 309. Rare Auction Catalogues - 1856 Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson - Catalogue of he First Portion, - [Second and Concluding Portion] of the Very Extensive and Valuable Library, 2 vols. roy 8vo Lond. 25th - 30th July & 11th - 17th August, 1856; also Catalogue of the Very Extensive Collection of Engravings ... formed by Bindon Blood, Esq.,..; and Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Coins and Medals, including the Cabinet of the late Bindon Blood, Esq., of Ennis, Co. Clare, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1856, & duplicates. Together 5 items, all orig. ptd. wrappers. V. Rare. (5) €320-€450 310. Doyle (Martin) A Cyclopaedia of Practical Husbandry and Rural Affairs in General, 8vo Lond. 1844. New Edn., hf. title, text illus. orig. cloth, good; Doyle (M.)ed. The Irish Farmer's and Gardner's Magazine and Register of Rural Affairs, ... January to December 1840, 8vo Dublin 1840. First Edn., cat. & adverts at end, cloth. (2) €80-€120 311. Photography: Draper (John Wm.) Scientific Memoirs Being Experimental Contributions to a Knowledge of Radiant Energy , 8vo Lond. 1878. First Edn., hf. title, engd. port. frontis, text illus., 32pp. cat at end, orig. brown cloth. V. good. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €120-€180