[CELESTIAL MAPS]. A pair of engraved celestial maps or star charts. Hartford, CT: F.J. Huntington, 1835
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $200 - $300
Estimate$200 – $300
Status
Closed
[CELESTIAL MAPS]. A pair of engraved celestial maps or star charts. Hartford, CT: F.J. Huntington, 1835
Includes plates II and V (of 8 total). Both hand-colored. Framed, matted and glazed, sight 368 x 356 mm. (Some spotting to plates and mats.) Not examined out of frame.
From Elijah H. Buritt's Atlas, designed to illustrate the Geography of the Heavens.
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