Subject: Celestial
Period: 1832-35 (dated)
Publication: Atlas Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12.5 x 12.5 inches
31.8 x 31.8 cm
Two matching celestial charts showing the sky and constellations of the polar sky; extending from approximately 45° North or South declination. Details the constellations of The Phoenix, Dorado, Apus, Ara, Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Perseus, Auriga, the Lynx, Ursa Major and Minor, Draco, and more. Each is finely engraved with original hand coloring. Stars are shown by their magnitude between 1 and 6, plus star clusters and nebula. Beside the stars and constellations, the Milky Way is prominently shown. Covers the sky from 50° North to South Declination.
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Condition: B
The former with slight foxing mostly in one quadrant, else very good. The latter with overall light foxing and some offsetting.