Southern & Northern Celestial Hemisphere’s By Alexander Jamieson C1822
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:12500 | Map View: Northern & Southern Hemisphere |
| Year: 1822 | Cartographer/Publisher: Alexander Jamieson |
| Date Range: 1800-1899 | Original/Reproduction: Antique Original |
Southern & Northern Celestial Hemisphere’s by Alexander Jamieson c1822 Full titles: Stereographic Projection of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere on the Plane of the Equinoctial - Stereographic Projection of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere on the Plane of the Equinoctial. By Alexander JamiesonA finely engraved and delicatelycoloured pair of celestial charts by Alexander Jamieson engraved by Neele &Son. Alexander Jamieson published ‘A Celestial Atlas Com...prising A SystemDisplay of the Heavens’… in London by G & W.B Whittaker, T. Caddell andN. Hailes in 1822.
It is one of the most decorative and sought after of 19th Century EnglishCelestial Atlases. Jamieson based much of this work from that of Johann ElertBode, (1747–1826)These two plates are genuine antiqueengravings 197 years old much sort afterA copper plate engraving in very goodcondition, slight foxing at the edges of the sheet.The circular area measures 18.2 cm eachPosted tracked and insured
It is one of the most decorative and sought after of 19th Century EnglishCelestial Atlases. Jamieson based much of this work from that of Johann ElertBode, (1747–1826)These two plates are genuine antiqueengravings 197 years old much sort afterA copper plate engraving in very goodcondition, slight foxing at the edges of the sheet.The circular area measures 18.2 cm eachPosted tracked and insured
