Chart of the Heavens, for the Latitude of Great Britain.Shewing The Stars Visible On Any Night Throughout The Year.
London: Published By James Reynolds, 174, Strand. [n.d., c.1850]
Hand tinted engraving, sheet 230 x 285mm (9 x 11¼"). Ink stamp on the back 'St Thomas's Schools Mount Vernon.'
One of a set of 12 hand-tinted astronomical prints with explanatory text from the series 'Astronomical Diagrams'. Several of the images were drawn and engraved by John Emslie, who also collaborated with Reynolds on the set of diagrams, 'Popular Diagrams of Natural Philosophy'. A celestial tranformation map with calendar scale round the outside; holes where the stars are so when held up to the light they "shine".
[Ref: 56836] £360.00
Hand tinted engraving, sheet 230 x 285mm (9 x 11¼"). Ink stamp on the back 'St Thomas's Schools Mount Vernon.'
One of a set of 12 hand-tinted astronomical prints with explanatory text from the series 'Astronomical Diagrams'. Several of the images were drawn and engraved by John Emslie, who also collaborated with Reynolds on the set of diagrams, 'Popular Diagrams of Natural Philosophy'. A celestial tranformation map with calendar scale round the outside; holes where the stars are so when held up to the light they "shine".
[Ref: 56836] £360.00