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Title

An astronomical catechism; or, Dialogues between a mother and her daughter. : Illustrated with numerous engravings / By Catherine Vale Whitwell.

Author

Whitwell, Catherine Vale.

Publication

London : Printed for and sold by the author, No. 8, Russell Square : may be had also of George Wilson, corner of Essex Street, Strand, 1818.

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Additional Authors

• Cross, Joseph, active 1817-1851.
• Smart, R. W.
• Wilson, George.
• Gosnell, Samuel.
• Battersea Public Libraries. fmo

Description

[iii]-xii, 400 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill.; 21 cm.

Alternative Title

Dialogues between a mother and her daughter

Subject

Astronomy > Juvenile literature

Note

• "Price one guinea in boards."
• Printer's imprint : "S. Gosnell, Printer, Little Queen Street, London."
• Illustrations : All designed by the author, some engravings by J. Cross and R. W. Smart. 22 plates in all, including: hand-colored folding frontispiece, "The outline and the stars from Flamsteads Atlas Celestus," depicting the constellations Corvus, Crater, and Hydra; engraved diagram, "The tychonic system"; engraved diagram showing sun's axis; circular aquatint engraving of the moon, pasted onto plate of black glossy paper; engraved diagram of the moon's orbit; engraving of a ball being suspended near a candle's flame, to illustrate the action of the sun on the Earth; engraved diagram of a lunar eclipse; engraved diagram of a solar eclipse; engraved diagram, "Part of the eye of a fly"; engraved diagram, "Ursa Major and Minor"; folding engraved diagram, "Face of the Heavens" in both January and May; hand-colored folding aquatint, "Orion"; folding engraving, "Hercules. Creeshna. Serpentarius."; 4 engravings of the bones and muscles in human legs, feet and hands; engraving, "The interior of the ear"; hand-colored diagram of the phases of the moon; engraved diagram of the sun, moon, and earth; engraved diagram of sunspots; engraving of constellation iconography.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Pforz (Whitwell, C. V. Astronomical catechism)

OCLC

16778811

Author

Whitwell, Catherine Vale.

Title

An astronomical catechism; or, Dialogues between a mother and her daughter. : Illustrated with numerous engravings / By Catherine Vale Whitwell.

Imprint

London : Printed for and sold by the author, No. 8, Russell Square : may be had also of George Wilson, corner of Essex Street, Strand, 1818.

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy : Stamped throughout with property stamp of the "Battersea Public Libraries." -- Bound in recent quarter calf, marbled boards, gilt spine titling.

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Added Author

Whitwell, Catherine Vale. Illustrator

Cross, Joseph, active 1817-1851. Engraver

Smart, R. W. Engraver

Whitwell, Catherine Vale. Publisher

Wilson, George. Publisher

Gosnell, Samuel. Printer

Battersea Public Libraries. Former owner

Research Call Number

Pforz (Whitwell, C. V. Astronomical catechism)