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This guide to the night sky brings myth and magic back into the stars and star-gazing. The box contains 32 cards (facsimiles of a set first published in 1825) and two maps of the night sky. The booklet details how to use the cards and the maps to locate and recognize stars and constellations, and explains the myths and legends, both astronomical and astrological, which surround them. As with the original set, each card is pierced with holes which glitter, in the shape of the constellations depicted on them, when held up to the light.
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The Box of Stars: Practical Guide to the Night Sky and Its Myths and Legends
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The Box of Stars: Practical Guide to the Night Sky and Its Myths and Legends
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Box of Stars: A Practical Guide to the Night Sky and it's Myths and Legends
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Chatto & Windus, 1993
ISBN 10: 0701160098
ISBN 13: 9780701160098
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Seller Inventory # g003754
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BOX OF STARS: A Practical Guide to the Night Sky and Its Myths and Legends
Seller: Occultique, Northampton, NORTH, United Kingdom
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Playing Cards. Condition: Fine. LACKS ONE CARD*. 32 large sized cards (one duplicated) showing the beautifully drawn constellations with pin-holes so that when you hold them up to the light the star formation lights up. Chatto & Windus, London 1993. boxed 32 cards 5.5" x 7.75", illus vi + 88pp book, 2 x charts for the Northern & Southern hemispheres, pack, one card missing otherwise fine *Please Note: This set is lacking Card 18 which according to the book is Gemini, but Gemini is there as card 13, which in turn should be Delphinus the Dolphin et al. So it's Delphinus the Dolphin et al that is missing, but there's an extra card of Cassiopeia. Hope that's clear. Seller Inventory # 16389
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