Reĭssig, K. (Kornelius) cartographic atlas cartographic image Celestial charts. Atlases. ru monographic Sanktpetersburg V Tipografīi Kh. Gint︠s︡a 1829 [1st ed.]. rus

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1 atlas ([4] p., 21 p., 33 leaves of plates) : col. maps ; 34 x 48 cm. izdannyi︠a︡ K. Reĭssigom. Includes an engraved title page for the plates, two engraved section titles, one showing stellar magnitude, and thirty celestial charts. Twenty-eight of the charts show the constellations in detail, both as stars and as images of animals, etc., printed in gold on black, with small holes punched out for the high magnitude stars. Transparent paper is affixed to the verso of these sheets so that light can shine through. The twenty-ninth chart, also printed in gold on black, shows all of the constellations seen in the previous plates, without any punching. The thirtieth plate, printed in black directly on the paper, is a star chart without images. LC copy bound in tooled and gilded red-orange leather. Some foxing on letter press text pages. DLC Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Madison Council purchase ; Feb. 2012. Scales differ. Stars Atlases Astronomy Charts, diagrams, etc Constellations Charts, diagrams, etc Universe G1000.2 .R4 1829 Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3190m.gct00283 2012587277 hdl:loc.gmd/g3190m.gct00283 aacr DLC 120214 20250607045620.3 17163459 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)