Reach for the stars, take an Irish tour or Potter around
An example of the extremely rare, “surreptitious” edition of John Flamsteed’s Historia Coelestis… – a star atlas that is one of the great rarities in its field – made a record £43,000 at Forum Auctions (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) on September 27.
The publishing history of this work, which in its ‘British Catalogue’ lists thousands of stars and…