HERSCHEL, John Frederick William (1792-1871). III. Micrometrical Measures of 364 Double Stars with a 7-feet Equatorial Achromatic Telescope, taken at Slough, in the Years 1828, 1829, and 1830, by J. F. W. Herschel, Esq. F.R.A.S. Communicated Feb. 8, 1831. – Read May 13 and June 10, 1831. [Extracted from “Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society”, vol. 5, pp. 13-[91]]. [London: Royal Astronomical Society, 1831]. 4to (285 x 225mm). Tables. Stitched. With 3 related books by F. W. Bessel, namely Untersuchungen über die Länge des einfachen Secundenpendels ([Berlin, 1828], wrappers), Populäre Vorlesungen über wissenschaftliche Gegenstände (Hamburg, 1848, calf-backed boards) and Tabulae Quantitatum Besselianarum pro annis 1750 ad 1840 computatae (St Petersburg, 1869, cloth-backed boards); and 2 other related works, namely Johann Josef von Littrow’s Die Wunder des Himmels (Stuttgart, 1837, portrait and folding plates, contemporary half calf) and William Huggins’ XII. On the Spectre of some of the Fixed Stars … Received April 28, - Read May 26, 1864 … XIII. On the Spectra of some of the Nebulæ … Received September 8, 1864 (pp.413-444), 2 lithographed plates, contemporary roan-backed boards. Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. The lot sold not subject to return. (6)
