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Print (Photomechanical Reproduction) of John Blagrave's Uranical Astrolabe of 1596, Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 13606


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13606

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Astrolabium Uranicum Generale celu[m] habus stellatu[m] fixu[m] terramq[ue] sive horizontem in 24 horarum spacio continuo circumvoluentem cum omnibus supplements ad artem Iudicaudi necessarijs per Joannem Blagravum generosum Readginensem Mathesibus Benevolentem. Benjamin Wright Anglus Londinensis caelator. Anno Domini 1596.
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Physical technique
Engraving
Etching
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 390mm Width: 300mm
Inventory No
13606

Description

Presumably created at the instigation of R.T Gunther as part of his study of John Blagrave published in 1929.