Astronomy in the Special Collections

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During the month of October, we will be celebrating a topic which may not be readily associated with rare books: astronomy. Why not join the Special Collections team on Wednesday October 1st for a look at the first (and, some might say 'last') exact map of the moon: Beer and Mädler's Mappa selenographica (Berlin : Simon Schropp & Soc., 1834), in a talk by Prof. Mike Redfern of the School of Physics, which kicks off the Special Collections Lunchtime Lectures Series 2014-2015.
You can view a spotlight exhibition of astronomy in the Special Collections in the Hardiman Foyer during the month of October.

 



Frontispiece detail from:
Astronomiæ physicæ & geometricæ elementa / David Gregory (1659-1708)
(Geneva : M.M. Bousquet & Co., 1726)





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