Jun 17, 2004 - Sale 2010

Sale 2010 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 402
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
REYNOLDS, JAMES. Curious group of 10 color cards demonstrating facts about the universe and the earth, some with tissue-backed die-cuts acting as hold-to-lights, a terrestrial world map in the form of 2 volvelles, etc., each on a stiff 4to format sheet, each with some color (either hand applied or printed); each issued individually at one shilling. London, circa 1868

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Telescopic Appearance of the Moon Methods of Ascertaining the Longitude Methods of Ascertaining the Latitude The Central Sun Transparent Solar System Diagram of Meteorology Eclipses Transparent Chart of the Heavens Geographical Diagram of the Earth Diagram Illustrating the Theory of the Seasons.
Varying numbers of these cards were also gathered by the publisher and laid into cloth covers lettered Astronomical Diagrams. The present set was probably purchased piecemeal.