Comets, astronauts and out of this world selfies

A ‘Glory of Science’ sale held by Bloomsbury Auctions (24/18/12% buyer’s premium) on September 14 included books, prints, photographs, letters, etc, and was one in which astronomy and space travel played a significant part where higher bids were concerned.

Bid to £9500 was a 1681 Leiden edition of Stanislaus Lubieniecki’s Theatrum Cometicum…, an exhaust…

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