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A treatise on the principal fixed stars and constellations, with maps, illustrative of them as seen in the four seasons

Whitall, Henry, 1819-1887? [from old catalog] · 1850 · Philadelphia, U. Hunt & sons's · 1 picture

A popular astronomy treatise on the fixed stars and constellations by Henry Whitall, published in Philadelphia by U. Hunt & Son in 1850 for school and home study. Its folding plate prints white stars, grid lines and outlined mythological figures on a dense dark ground, useful for night-sky patterns, ecliptic and meridian linework, and reversed-out star-chart typography.

Constellations

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