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Samuel D. M'Cullough |
Map of the Visible Heavens on an Equatorial or Concave Globular Projection. Engraved by J. Knight, Philad.a By Saml. D. M'Cullough, A. M. Dedicated with much respect and affection to those Young Ladies, who, at various times, have composed Classes in Astronomy, under the care of their friend and instructor, the Author. Lexington, Kentucky, 1839
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Samuel D. M'Cullough
Map of the Visible Heavens on an Equatorial or Concave Globular Projection. Engraved by J. Knight, Philad.a By Saml. D. M'Cullough, A. M. Dedicated with much respect and affection to those Young Ladies, who, at various times, have composed Classes in Astronomy, under the care of their friend and instructor, the Author. Lexington, Kentucky, 1839
La grande carta celeste in otto fogli, 85 x 42 inches, circa 216 cm per 106,70, di Samuel D. M'Cullough, incisa da John Knight di Filadelfia e stampata da G. E Lewis, riproducente i due emisferi celesti in proiezione polare equatoriale conica equidistante ed in visione concava veniva venduta dall’autore accompagnandola con un saggio di astronomia che la descriveva intitolato “Picture of the heavens : for the use of schools and private families : being a full and distinct explanation of the different celestial phenomena, divested of mathematical formulae : with tables for determinig the moon's age, calculating eclipses, etc., etc. : adapted to the comprehension of young persons. Lexington 1840” (http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr2001047947/)
La carta č rarissima: si conosce una sola copia depositata in strutture pubbliche e precisamente presso la Biblioteca della Harvard University di Cambridge negli Stati Uniti: https://www.worldcat.org/title/map-of-the-visible-heavens-on-an-equatorial-or-concave-globular-projection/oclc/276955011?referer=br&ht=edition
La tavola viene proposta per cortesia di
che la propone in vendita accompagnandola con la seguente presentazione:
https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/drs:12152992$2i
Una rarissima copia della tavola, suddivisa ancora in otto fogli incollati e ripiegati, viene esaminata alla seguente pagina:
http://www.atlascoelestis.com/Mcul%201840.htm
di FELICE STOPPA
OTTOBRE 2021
