Name: Atlas, designed to illustrate the Geography of the Heavens, comprising the following Maps or Plates...

Barcode: 7553

Image Number: 7553

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/7553.0001

Author: Burritt, Elijah Hinsdale, 1794-1838Huntington and Savage

Publishing Location: New York

Notes: Title from cover Note: "New York: Published by Huntington and Savage, 216 Pearl Street." Note below imprint: "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1835, by F.J. Huntington, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut." "Comprising the following maps or plates. Plan, exhibiting the relative magnitudes, distances and positions of the different bodies which compose the solar system. The visible heavens in January, February, and March. The visible heavens in October, November, and December. The visible heavens in April, May, and June. The visible heavens in July, August, and September. The visible heavens in the south polar regions for each month in the year. The visible heavens in the north polar regions for each month in the year. Planisphere of the whole heavens on Mercator's projection." Order of plates(apparently as issued): III, II, I (folded), V, IV, VIII (folded), VII, VI. Publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of cover, has testimonial dated January, 1834.

Date Produced: 1835

Date Published: 1835

Language: English

Dimensions: 42 x 36

Physical Description: 1 atlas: VIII leaves of plates (2 folded), colored, illustrated

LC Call Number: QB65 .B97 1835

OCLC: 17911269

Accession Number: OS-1835-6

Donor: Osher