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Print (Lithograph) of the moon, Jupiter and Saturn, taken from Guillemin's The Heavens: An illustrated handbook of popular astronomy, 19th Century

Inventory Number 13555


Item type
Object
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Physical technique
Lithograph
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 113mm Width: 92mm
Inventory No
13555

Description

Collation of five images of celestial bodies taken from Amedee Guillemin's 'The heavens: An illustrated handbook of popular astronomy' (London, 1866). Depicts craters and topography of the moon, phases of the moon, Jupiter and four moons, and Saturn.

Mounted on pages with text from same work.