• Atlas Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens
Atlas Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens
Atlas Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens
Atlas Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens

Atlas Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens


1835 (Date manufactured/created)
Paper covered boards; hand-painted celestial maps
Celestial Atlas
16 1/4 in. H X 14 1/2 in. W X 1/2 in. D Measurement Notes: Dimensions Extent: overall
Framed?: No
school atlas with hand-colored celestial maps bound in brown paper boards with full title and table of contents given on cover; "Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens, Comprising the Following Maps and Plates....". By Elijah H Burritt, A M. New Edition, New York: Published by Huntington and Savage, 216 Pearl St. Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1835, by F J Huntington, in the City's Office of the District Court of Connecticut". Cover with image depicting astronomers with telescope. Seven constellation maps are in full color with accompanying scale of magnitudes.
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