The Stars in Six Maps, on the the Gnomonic Projection, revised by the Rev. W.R. Dawes
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About This Item
London, Chapman and Hall, 1844. Six sequentially numbered steel engraved charts, each approx. 30 x 32 cms, and accompanied by title-page and leaf of explanatory text, designed by W. Clarke after W. Newton, and engraved by John & Charles Walker; original hand colour, blank verso. Allegorical images of the various constellations drawn in outline; each star chart uses the Gnomonic Projection and includes all the stars up to the fifth magnitude - those that can be seen with the naked eye. The legend also identifies nebula. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high-minded aim of making 'useful' information available to self-taught members of the working and lower middle classes. Some of the material was decidedly abstruse, subscribers fell away and the Society was wound up in 1848; however, the series of 209 maps published over a 14 year period from 1829 onwards were highly praised for their superior quality, accuracy and aesthetic appeal and remain an outstanding achievement. Map
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- Bookseller
- Bryars and Bryars (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8573
- Title
- The Stars in Six Maps, on the the Gnomonic Projection, revised by the Rev. W.R. Dawes
- Author
- SDUK:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- London, Chapman and Hall
- Date Published
- 1844
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