1833 burritt (2 resultados)

Good. Toning along original centerfold. Small areas of loss along original centerfold. Centerfold reinforced. Size 15.5 x 21.75 Inches. This is a rare 1833 Elijah Burritt hand-colored map of the night sky. Centered on the Ecliptic, this map identifies zones associated with major constellations. The Milky Way is shaded. A scale exhibiting the Sun's place in the ecliptic at various times of the year appears below the map proper. This map, like all of Burritt's charts, is based on the celestial cartographic work of Ignace-Gaston Pardies (1635 - 1673) and Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677 - 1750). Publication History This map was engraved by W. G. Evans of New York under the direction of Elijah H. Burritt. It was issued as plate no. VII in the 1833 edition of F. J. Huntington's Atlas Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens . Dated and copyrighted: 'Hartford Published by F. J. Huntington 1833. Entered according to Act of Congress Sept. 1st, 1833 by F. J. Huntington of the State of Connecticut'. References: Rumsey 2853.005. Kanas, N., Star Maps, p. 277-78. Kidwell, Peggy Aldrich, 'Elijah Burritt and the Geography of the Heavens', Sky and Telescope #69 (January 1985).…

1st Edition. Very good. Overall age toning. Some foxing throughout. Manuscript markings in pencil on the Northern Circumpolar Map, can be easily erased. Size 15 x 14 Inches. This is a beautiful hand colored set of the northern and southern circumpolar maps by Elijah Burritt. This pair of maps illustrates the night sky and constellations of both the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere respectively. Constellations are drawn in detail and include depictions of the zodiacal figures the stars are said to represent. Included on these two charts are Ursa Major (Great Bear or Big Dipper), Ursa Minor (the Little Bear or Little Dipper), Draco (the Dragono), Cassiopeia (the W), Perseus, Camelopardalis, and Cepheus in the Northern Hemisphere, and Hydra (the Snake), Dorado (the Sword Fish), Pavo (the Peacock) and the Centaur in the Southern Hemisphere. Both charts are quartered by lines indicating the Solstitial and equinoctial Colures. Both maps are quartered by lines indicating the Solstitial and Equinoctial Colures. These maps, like all of Burritt's charts, are based on the celestial cartographic work of Pardies and Doppelmayr. The maps were created by E. H. Burritt and issued as plate nos. V and VI in the Second Edition of F. J. Huntington's Atlas, Designed To Illustrate The Geography Of The Heavens . The present example is exceptional in that only a small percentage of the first edition of Burritt atlases featured individually colorized constellations. This edition also shows a relatively early form of illustrations. In most subsequent editions, the constellation charts received a general, but non-specific wash and more detailed illustrations. References: Rumsey 2853.004 (1835 edition). Kidwell, Peggy Aldrich, Elijah Burritt and the 'Geography of the Heavens.', Sky & Telescope 69 (Jan 1985).…