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Atlas designed to illustrate Burritt's Geography of the Heavens. . .
Star Atlas with 8 charts, partially hand-colored. By the beginning of the nineteenth century more than one hundred thousand stars had been discovered.The Atlas designed t...
Place & Date: Shendon, New York, 1856
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2013
![[2 maps] Der Nördliche Stern-Himmel & Der Südliche Stern-Himmel.](/uploads/cache/98113-250x250.jpg)
[2 maps] Der Nördliche Stern-Himmel & Der Südliche Stern-Himmel.
A pair of interesting celestial maps from Stieler's Hand-Atlas published by Justus Perthes.With a wealth of stars and signs of the zodiac shown. Surrounded by a calendar ...
Place & Date: Gota, 1859
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2017
Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung.
Early edition of this detailed map of moon, with hundreds of named mountains and hills. After Beer and Mädler, drawn by Ausfeld. Published in Stieler's famous Hand-Atlas...
Place & Date: Gotha, c1860
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2014
Tableau d'uranographie..spheroidal Celeste,..
Very detailed double hemisphere celestial chart. In lower left and right corner insets of north and South Pole projections and in the middle planetary system according Co...
Place & Date: Paris, 1861
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2013
![[Map of the Moon] Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberflache bei voller Beleuchtung Nach Beer u Madlers Karte .](/uploads/cache/43040-250x250.jpg)
[Map of the Moon] Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberflache bei voller Beleuchtung Nach Beer u Madlers Karte .
Map of the Moon, based upon the work of Johann Heinrich von Mädler ( 1794 -1874) one of the most important German astronomer's of the late 19th Century.Mädler began giv...
Place & Date: Gotha, 1870
Selling price: $180
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Das Sonnensystem neu bearbeitet von Dr. Bruhns in Leipzig. Director der Sternwarte.
Decorative map of the solar system with insets of Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, the Sun and the moon. In upper right the comet Halley.The map is engraved by von Kern and publish...
Place & Date: Weimar, 1874
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2013
Planisphère Célèste.
Showing the southern and northern celestial hemispheres from Géographie Universelle, Atlas Migeon. Published by J. Migeon. From one of the last decorative atlases publis...
Place & Date: Paris, 1874
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2012
Carte Astronomique de L'Univers. . .
An educational wall map with a chart of the Solar System backed by the stars, printed in blue and black, surrounded with 17 diagrams and descriptive text in French, prepa...
Place & Date: Paris, 1875
Selling price: $1500
Sold in 2013
Mappemonde céleste en deux hémisphères à l'usage des écoles normales primaires.
Double hemisphere celestial wall chart, prepared by A. Logerot. Surrounded by a armilary sphere according to the Copernic system, celestial globe, solar system, movement ...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1876
Selling price: $2000
Sold in 2013
Constellations célestes des deux Hémisphères.
Celestial chart printed in 1876, published in Paris in "Atlas Universel" by Vivien de Saint Martin. Printed by Chardon aîné. Shows the northern and southern c...
Place & Date: Paris, Chardon aîné, 1876
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2020
Carte Astronomique de L'Univers.
A large, decorative and informative educational chart, illustrating and describing the solar system. The top half of the chart consists of the solar system with the 12 mo...
Place & Date: Paris ca 1877
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2022
Géographie astronomique. La terre - la lune - le soleil.
Very decorative plate showing the different positions of the earth during the year in relation to the sun. Showing the proportions of earth and moon, and moon and sun, da...
Place & Date: Paris, Hachette & Comp., 1878
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2013
Géographie astronomique - la Terre - la Lune - le Soleil.
Celestial chart published in Paris in 1878 in "Atlas Universel" by Vivien de Saint Martin. Printed by Chardon aîné. Shows the revolution of the Earth and the ...
Place & Date: Paris, Chardon aîné, 1878
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2020
![[ Set of 6 Star Maps ]](/uploads/cache/82691-250x250.jpg)
[ Set of 6 Star Maps ]
Set of six Star Maps by Thomas Letts including North Polar and South Polar.
Place & Date: London, 1881
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2019
The Seasons, The Earth and the Moon
An attractive engraving showing the Four seasons, and the Moon's attraction to the sun.
Place & Date: London, 1885
Selling price: $85
Sold in 2016
Circles & Diurnal Movements of the Celestial Sphere
An attractive celestial engraving showing various phases of the planets.
Place & Date: London, 1885
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2016
Charts of the Constellations, from the North Pole to between 35 & 40 Degrees of South Declination. Popular Edition, on a Reduced Scale With Three Additional key Maps and Introduction and Notes.
All 39 celestial charts are present plus the introduction of 32 pages. Published by Edward Stanford.Additional shipping costs apply due to weight of the book. Shipping to...
Place & Date: London, 1891
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2019
Globo Celeste Arabio del Sec XI.
A 19th Century image of globe gores of an Arabic Celestial Globe. The Globe in the Museo Galileo in Florence is believed to be the oldest Arabic celestial globe in the wo...
Place & Date: Florence, 1891
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020
Atlas international des nuages. International cloud-atlas. Internationaler wolken-atlas.
FIRST EDITION. Title in French, English and German. The first edition consisted of plates of color photographs, which was then a new technology."In 1874, the year of...
Place & Date: Paris, Gauthier-Villars et fils, 1896
Selling price: $2400
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(Thai manuscript describing the signs of the Zodiac)
Old sheet with manuscript on both sides, text and illustrations. With the characteristics of the year of the monkey.Unique and curious item!
Place & Date: undated, c1900
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2015
Face or Fortune Know Thy Self.
A most unusual item. A volvelle from Woodbury [Facial] Soap Face or Fortune - Know Thy Self with an astrological volvelle & dial on the reverse. Complete with 16 pp s...
Place & Date: New York ca 1900
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2022
![[Solar System with Ottoman script]](/uploads/cache/44324-250x250.jpg)
[Solar System with Ottoman script]
Post card size chart of the solar system in Ottoman script prepared by Mehmet EŞREF in a small atlas : عمومو&a...
Place & Date: Istanbul, 1325 or 1909
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2019
Der sternenhimmel, zu jeder stunde des jahres. Ausgabe für Mittel-Europa.
Finely executed volvelle with the stars and night view for every hour of the year. Text and explanation on verso. The instrument is made of black leather pasted on cardbo...
Place & Date: Dortmund, 1910
Selling price: $86
Sold in 2015
Pears' Star Chart of the Northern Hemisphere.
A charming Volvelle based on Pear's Cyclopedia and published by a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Uncommon star chart of the Northern Hemisphere.
Place & Date: London, ca. 1913
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2019
Sterrenkaart voor Nederland door DR. E.A Kreiken.
Movable star chart prepared by Dr E.A. Kreiken (1896-1964) He has studied astronomy in Groningen 1923 and worked in Indonesia.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, W. Versluys, ca. 1935
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2015
![Air France De jour et de nuit - De nuit et de jour, dans les ciels, nox post Lucem lux post noctem, principales lignes exploitées en 1938-1939. [Planisphère Zodiac Air France].](/uploads/cache/44010-250x250.jpg)
Air France De jour et de nuit - De nuit et de jour, dans les ciels, nox post Lucem lux post noctem, principales lignes exploitées en 1938-1939. [Planisphère Zodiac Air France].
This Stunning constellations planisphere is an iconic surrealist embodiment of the golden age of air travel by Lucian Boucher. Original lithograph advertising planisphere...
Place & Date: Imprimerie Perceval, Paris, 1938
Selling price: $1850
Sold in 2019
Modified Weir Azimuth Diagram.
British Admiralty Astronomical Chart 5001: Azimuth diagram - modified Weir.
Place & Date: London, 1950
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019
![AIR France [Planisphère Air France Zodiac].](/uploads/cache/45885-250x250.jpg)
AIR France [Planisphère Air France Zodiac].
A double-hemisphere celestial map with the constellations of the zodiac in gold and the others in turquoise, set against a sky of navy blue, both with the major stars mar...
Place & Date: Imprimerie Perceval, Paris, 1953
Selling price: $1550
Sold in 2020
Hammond's guide to the exploration of space.
One of the great space posters of the late 1950's was the 1958 Hammond Space Map. Produced by the Hammond Map Company it has gorgeous paintings of the solar system, space...
Place & Date: New York, 1958
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2018
Hammond's guide to the exploration of space.
One of the great space posters of the late 1950's was the 1958 Hammond Space Map. Produced by the Hammond Map Company it has gorgeous paintings of the solar system, space...
Place & Date: New York, 1958
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2020
Engeneer special study of the surface of the moon LUNAR RAYS
1960 First Edition One of the earliest, rarest, and most displayable of such maps, considered a landmark in the history of moon mapping. This example is the first edition...
Place & Date: July, 1960
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2019
LIPTON Lunar Space Map
Promotional map of the expedition of the Apollo astronauts to make the July 20, 1969 lunar landing, illustrated by George J. Zaffo, produced for Lipton's Tea.Showing deta...
Place & Date: Thomas J. Lipton, Inc., ca. 1969
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2019