Original printed paper
1835 · Hartford
by Burritt, Elijah H.
Atlas Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens. Hartford (Conn.): F.J. Huntington, 1835
Burritt, Elijah H.
Folio. 14 1/4x16 1/2 inches. Printed paper covers.
Two double-page plates: Relative Magnitudes Distances and Positions of the Different Bodies... (and) A General Planisphere, or Map of the Heavens.
Six copperplate engraved celestial maps showing allegorical figures. Four are equatorial and two are circumpolar.
The star charts all have original hand color as does the Planisphere. The color is exceptionally bright and the plates are unusually clean and virtually free from stain and foxing as usually found. The Relative (truncated)
Burritt, Elijah H.
Folio. 14 1/4x16 1/2 inches. Printed paper covers.
Two double-page plates: Relative Magnitudes Distances and Positions of the Different Bodies... (and) A General Planisphere, or Map of the Heavens.
Six copperplate engraved celestial maps showing allegorical figures. Four are equatorial and two are circumpolar.
The star charts all have original hand color as does the Planisphere. The color is exceptionally bright and the plates are unusually clean and virtually free from stain and foxing as usually found. The Relative (truncated)