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A comparable set of charts by Huntington was sold Christie's New York, American Furniture, sale 2030, 25 September 2008, lot 73.
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CIRCA 1835
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HUNTINGTON, F.J., A SET OF SIX AMERICAN CELESTIAL CHARTS
CIRCA 1835
Engraved by W.G. Evans, New York under the direction of E.H. Burritt; comprising plates II - VII with various astronomical figures, plates VI and VII titled Northern Circumpolar Map/for each Month of the year and Southern Circumpolar Map/for each Month of the year, handcoloured
38 x 34 cm. (plates)
Together with A PLAN of the SOLAR SYSTEM...; A CELESTIAL PLANISPHERE, OR MAP OF THE HEAVENS by Huntington, circa 1835; And two facsimile of the frontispices of Buritt's 'Atlas designed to illustrate the Geography of the heavens' (5)
CIRCA 1835
Engraved by W.G. Evans, New York under the direction of E.H. Burritt; comprising plates II - VII with various astronomical figures, plates VI and VII titled Northern Circumpolar Map/for each Month of the year and Southern Circumpolar Map/for each Month of the year, handcoloured
38 x 34 cm. (plates)
Together with A PLAN of the SOLAR SYSTEM...; A CELESTIAL PLANISPHERE, OR MAP OF THE HEAVENS by Huntington, circa 1835; And two facsimile of the frontispices of Buritt's 'Atlas designed to illustrate the Geography of the heavens' (5)
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