Cooper, Edward Joshua, Irish politician and astronomer from Markree Castle in Co…

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Cooper, Edward Joshua,

Irish politician and astronomer from Markree Castle in County Sligo (1798-1863). Honorary. Letter with signature, dat. Markree, Aug. 27, 1835. gr.8°. 2 p., 3 p. inscr. Folded several times. In English to the German astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve in St. Petersburg about a note on Halley's comet which he had read in the Dublin Evening Mail and about his observations. Cooper had the telescope with the largest lens of its time in his private observatory. - With address, stamps and seal remnants, slightly damaged by opening. Damaged due to opening. R

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Cooper, Edward Joshua,

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