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Lot 24
By: Alexander Emile & Pierre Lapie
Subject: Celestial
Date: 1836 (dated)

Publication: Atlas Universel

Condition Code: B+

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Color: hand color

Size: 22 x 15 inches
55.9 x 38.1 cm

Striking double hemisphere celestial chart in the form of two spheres showing the position and courses of the planets in the northern and southern hemispheres. Includes the Ecliptic, the great circle of the celestial sphere that is the apparent path of the sun among the stars. A legend at bottom identifies the sizes of the stars. Lapie's embossed stamp for the Atlas Universel is just below the Hemisphere Boreal.

Condition Description: Wide, original margins with a faint damp stain that just enters chart at right.

Estimate:
$150.00 - $180.00

Sold for: $110.00

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