PROCTOR, Richard A. Old and New astronomy. London: Longman, Green, and Co., 1892. First edition, 4to (286 x 197mm.) 31 plates, 4 folding and 5 in colour. (Light spotting to title, scattered spotting, and to plates.) Original pictorial gilt (hinges weakened, spine frayed). – And a further thirteen volumes related to astronomy (including Richard A. Proctor’s ‘The Sun: Ruler. Fire, Light and Life of the Planetary System’, [10 plates, complete], 1871, 8vo, and Robert S. Ball’s ‘The Story of the Sun’, [11 plates, complete], 1910, 8vo, and Agnes M. Clerke’s ‘The System of the Stars’, [6 plates, complete], 1890, 8vo, and Edmund Ledger’s ‘The Sun: Its Planets and Their Satellites’, [9 plates, complete], 1882, 8vo, and Mrs. Ward’s ‘The Telescope’, [circa 1870], 8vo, and Denison Olmsted’s ‘The Mechanism of the Heavens’, 1860, 8vo) (14).