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TWO ISSUES OF BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE ASTRONOMIQUE DE FRANCE FOR JUIN ET JUILLET 1910 - both issues with several important articles on Halley's Comet including the FIRST photograph ever taken of the Comet

a96206 — Paris. 1910 first edition. Two issues of Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France in original octavo printed yellow wraps. Juin issue offers: Le rencontre d al comete de halley avec la Terre by Camille Fammarion; La comete de Halley by Em. Touchet F Quenisset P jeantet; La comete de Halley dans le Talmud by G. Renaudot and a full page "Photographie cometaire sans retouche " of the Comet by M Max Wolf. Juillet issue offers another article on the Comet by Falmmarion on pp. 297-333 with many small photo illustrations. Both issues in Good condition somewhat worn and toned but intact no tears no owner marks. The appearance of Halley's Comet in 1910 was unusually spectacular as the Comet was only 13.9 million miles from earth. This was the first time the Comet had ever been photographed. . paperback