Atlas of the Heavens; showing the Places of the Principal Stars, Clusters and Nebulae; Designed to Accompany the Uranography; or A Description of the Heavens.
Philadelphia: Butler & Williams, 1845. 4to. 250 x 215 mm. (9 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches). Title and imprint appear on the front board. 18 double-page maps of the sky, 12 of which are colored by stencil. Original printed boards, black cloth spine; wear to edges boards and spine a little frayed, but otherwise a fresh, clean copy of the plates.
Although listed separately in OCLC and most university libraries collection catalogues, Kendall's Atlas was printed to accompany his text titled, Uranography published by Butler and Williams the same year. The plates of the Atlas are well printed and colored and include subtle outlines of the zodiac images of the constellations that are recorded.
Attractive copy. Kendall was a professor of astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania (360). Item #360
Price: $350.00