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[Green, Jacob]
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description
Astronomical Recreations; or, Sketches of the Relative Position and Mythological History of the Constellations. Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1824
Small folio (10½ x 8½ in.; 267 x 216 mm). Additional engraved title, 18 full-page star charts and one full-page lunar map, 17 of the charts with handcolored allegorical figures; foxed throughout and with some dampstaining, very light pencil notations on one leaf. Original half black morocco, salmon boards, printed label on front cover; binding loose, worn, and soiled, head of spine chipped, lacks front free endpaper.
Small folio (10½ x 8½ in.; 267 x 216 mm). Additional engraved title, 18 full-page star charts and one full-page lunar map, 17 of the charts with handcolored allegorical figures; foxed throughout and with some dampstaining, very light pencil notations on one leaf. Original half black morocco, salmon boards, printed label on front cover; binding loose, worn, and soiled, head of spine chipped, lacks front free endpaper.
Provenance
Anna C. Sheaff, 1829 (signature on title-page)
Literature
NUC 216:479
Catalogue Note
An extremely scarce early-nineteenth century celestial atlas, complete with all charts.