A set of six handcolored plates from Elijah H. Burritt's Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens, by W. G. Evans circa 1835

In good overall condition.
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Set of six celestial charts that depict constellation figures of the night sky derived from Greek and Roman mythology.  They are comprised of four rectangular prints divided into quarters of the year (January, February March; then April May June, etc.), and showing the visible constellations during those months.  The other two prints, en suite, are round circumpolar celestial charts, one of the northern sky, and the other of the southern sky.  In all the charts, the constellations are shown as figures according to classical mythology, with later named constellations formed as scientific instruments, figures, etc.  The graphic imagery is rooted in 17th century celestial charts, robustly Baroque in style.  Among the constellations, the signs of the zodiac are prominently variously pictured in the charts. Generally only the brighter stars and nebulae are depicted.