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Altea Antique Maps, London, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since 26 June 2014
London: Leigh, c.1830. Original colour. 140 x 200mm. Laid on perforated card as issued. Original print, 'Equuleus' was the brother of Pegasus, the winged horse. One of a set of thirty-two cards designed by 'a young Lady,' to make the study of astronomy 'familiar and amusing'. It shows the constellations as visible in the night skies of Britain, with easily identifiable classical embodiments. The card is pricked through with holes of different sizes so that the amateur astronomer can hold it up to a light and get an immediate impression of the apparent magnitude of each star. Engraved by Sidney Hall. Seller Inventory # 12203
Title: Pegasus and Equuleus.
Publication Date: 1830
Binding: No Binding
Condition: Very Good