Science is the focus of Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ next sale in Maddox Street, London, on September 14. Titled The Glory of Science, it will feature photographs, maps, prints and autographs.
An early inclusion is this 1681 edition of a reference work compiled by the Polish writer and astronomer Stanislaw Lubieniecki (1623-75). First published in Amsterdam in 1666-68, Theatrum cometicum provided information about comets noted by contemporary astronomers across Europe and those recorded in historical sources.