HUNTINGTON, F.J., A SET OF SIX AMERICAN CELESTIAL CHARTS
Lot 136

HUNTINGTON, F.J., A SET OF SIX AMERICAN CELESTIAL CHARTS

CIRCA 1835

Fermé1 July 2009

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EUR 375

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HUNTINGTON, F.J., A SET OF SIX AMERICAN CELESTIAL CHARTS
CIRCA 1835
Engraved by W.G. Evans, New York under the direction of E.H. Burritt; comprising plates II - VII with various astronomical figures, plates VI and VII titled Northern Circumpolar Map/for each Month of the year and Southern Circumpolar Map/for each Month of the year, handcoloured
38 x 34 cm. (plates)
Together with A PLAN of the SOLAR SYSTEM...; A CELESTIAL PLANISPHERE, OR MAP OF THE HEAVENS by Huntington, circa 1835; And two facsimile of the frontispices of Buritt's 'Atlas designed to illustrate the Geography of the heavens' (5)

Note du spécialiste

A comparable set of charts by Huntington was sold Christie's New York, American Furniture, sale 2030, 25 September 2008, lot 73.