Lot 2147
Burritt: Untitled Star Chart. 1835. Published by Huntington, Connecticut. 15½ x 15". Image: 13½ x 13".
Minor soil to margins; image lightly toned; pencil ID bottom right. Beautiful original handcolor. Very good condition.
This plate is from an early version of Burritt's Geography of the Heavens, showing the constellations in September, August and July. Elijah Burritt's Geography of the Heavens went through several editions and eventually sold 300,000 copies (a remarkable feat for any scientific text, much less one from the 19th century).
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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