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Alexander Jamieson "A Celestial Atlas" Constellations Prints

Sold for $50 at Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals on Mar 23, 2025.

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A triptych set of map prints depicting constellations including Plate IV Auriga, Camelopardalis, Telescopium Herschelii (Auriga, The Charioteer, with Herschel's Telescope), Plate VII Boöte and Mons Maenalus Canes Venatici, Coma Berenices, Quadrans Muralis, and Plate XIII Aries, Musca Borealis, originally drawn by Alexander Jamieson (Scotland, 1782) and compiled in his 1822 book A Celestial Atlas: Comprising a Systematic Display of the Heavens in a Series of Thirty Maps, Illustrated by Scientific Description of their Contents, and Accompanied by Catalogues of the Stars and Astronomical Exercises. All three are matted and framed in matching gold-brushed frames, a few with marks and chips as photographed. Each measures approximately 17" x 18.5" overall.

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