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Printing Block (Photogravure?) of an Arsenius Astrolabe, Created for Publication by R.T. Gunther, English, 1920s

Inventory Number 18490


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.18490

Subject
Astrolabes
Item type
Object
Provenance
Found in Museum store with other printing blocks from Oxford University Press for the works of R.T. Gunther.
Primary inscriptions
"Gunther" written on back in pencil.
Physical material
Copper
Wood
Paper
Object type
Printing block
Dimensions
Height: 23mm Width: 236mm Depth: 132mm Weight: 831g
Inventory No
18490
Accession Number
2022-

Description

Copper plate, mounted on wooden block, with paper backing. The print is a combined image of the rete and plate of an Arsenius astrolabe, plate XCIV in Gunther's Astrolabes of the World.