Atlas coelestis / by the late Reverend Mr. John Flamsteed, Regius Professor of Astronomy at Greenwich
- Bib ID:
- 4854772
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719, cartographer
- Scale:
- Scale not given.
- Description:
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- London : [publisher not identified], Printed in the year 1729
- 1 atlas ([2] leaves, 9 pages, [1] leaf, 27 leaves of plates) : maps, portraits ; 55 x 41 cm. (fol.)
- Full contents:
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- 1. Aries
- 2. Taurus
- 3. [Untitled, showing Gemini centrally]
- 4. Cancer
- 5. Leo
- 6. Virgo
- 7. Libra
- 8. Sagittarius
- 9. [Aquarius]
- 10. Pisces
- 11. [Untitled, showing Cetus centrally]
- 12. Eridanus, Orion, Lepus
- 13. Monocerus, Carnis Major & Minor, Navis, Lepus
- 14. Hydra, Crater, Corvus, Sextans, Virgo
- 15. Cassiopea, Cepheus, Ursa Minor, Draco
- 16. Andromeda, Perseus, Triangulum
- 17. Camelopardal & Auriga
- 18. Lynx & Leo Minor
- 19. Ursa Major
- 20. Comae, Berenices, Bootes, Canes & Venatici
- 21. Hercules, Corona & Lyra
- 22. Ophiuchus & Serpens
- 23. Aquila, Sagitta, Vulpecular & Anser Delphinus
- 24. Lyra, Cygnus, Lacerta, Vulpec & Anser Sagitta
- 25. [Untitled, showing Pegasus centrally]
- 26. [Untitled circular chart of the southern celestial hemisphere]
- 27. [Untitled circular chart of the northern celestial hemisphere]
- Notes:
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- 27 celestial maps.
- Dedicated to George II King of Great Britain, France & Ireland. Dedication signed: Margaret Flamsteed, James Hodgson.
- Engraved frontispiece portrait: Johannes Flamsteedius. Frontispiece signed: T. Gibson, pinx, 1712 and Geo. Vertue Sculp. 1721. Engr. title vignette, head and tail pieces. Title vignette signed: J.B Catenaro In. et deli and L. du Guernier Sculp.
- Signatures (text): pi²pi (superscript)A²B²x² (interpolation)
- Includes list of subscribers.
- Library's copy on back endpaper has the bookplate of Lord Waddington (Christopher Henry Beaumont Pease, 1924-2005).
- Library's copy includes original leather spine title and detailed description of Atlas and index to plates tipped in onto back inside cover.
- Subject:
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- Also Titled:
- Flamsteed's atlas coelestis
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- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1755
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1729
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