April 12, 2024
RARE Zodiac Constellations Print. Aquarius, Capricorn, Pisces
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Astronomical Recreations; or, Sketches of the Relative Position and Mythological History of the Constellations by Jacob Green. Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1824 Hand-colored, engraved star map showing Aquarius, Capricorn and Pisces Plate 14 Sheet size: 11.25 x 8.5 inches Plate impression: 9 x 7 inches Condition: Minimal foxing, slight offsetting from text pages, some paper loss in outer margin. See scans. An exquisite hand-colored engraving of Aquarius, Capricorn, and Pisces from the first American celestial atlas. Jacob Green's 1824 work, Astronomical Recreations; or, Sketches of the Relative Position and Mythological History of the Constellations , was based on the plates of Johann Elert Bode's 1801 Uranographia . Bode's work was "the first reasonable complete description of the starts visible to the unaided eye," ( Astronomical Observations: Astronomy and the Study of Deep Space ). Jacob Green (1790-1841) was "an American scholar . . . born in Philadelphia July 26th, 1790, where he was also educated, graduating at the University of Pennsylvania when at the age of sixteen years. He evinced a taste for the study of natural sciences at so early a period in life, that it seemed almost akin to an instinct. His first labors, even in boyhood, were devoted to botanical studies, and he made quite a large collection of plants. His studies
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