Telescopic View of the Moon Just Before the Full. / Telescopic View of the Moon Past Quadrature. / Telescopic View of the Moon Past the Last Quadrature. / Telescopic View of the Moon The Old Moon.

Publication date: 1845

Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

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Set of four (4) views of the Moon. Some display closed margin tears that have been professionally repaired on verso. All display some age toning. All blank on verso. Size 11.5 x 9.75 Inches. This is a set of four (4) 1845 Duncan Bradford views of the moon. Each view illustrates the moon in a different phase, with the visible portion of the pale-gray of the moon contrasting beautifully with the blackness of space. Each view bears a caption stating that it was engraved from an original drawing and is oriented with north toward the top of each page. The maria (the open 'plains' created by solidified lava flows) and craters are clearly visible. Though each view may appear slightly different, the same side of the moon is always facing toward the Earth, meaning that the features on the surface of the moon will rarely change from this point of view. These views were engraved by John Wykeham Archer and published in Duncan Bradford's The Wonders of the Heavens in 1845.

Seller Inventory # MoonViews-bradford-1845

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Title
Telescopic View of the Moon Just Before the Full. / Telescopic View of the Moon Past Quadrature. / Telescopic View of the Moon Past the Last Quadrature. / Telescopic View of the Moon The Old Moon.
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1845 Bradford Views of the Moon
Publication year
1845
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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.…

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