(The Great Bear) Ursa Major

1820 Alexander Jamieson

hand-coloured engraving of constellation

Published on 1 February 1822 by G. & W.B. Whittaker, T. Cadell & N. Hailes, London. A. Jamieson 1820. Neele & Son, 352 Strand. A celestial atlas with a systematic representation of the heavens in a series of thirty maps. Illustrated by scientific descriptions of its contents, and accompanied by catalogues of the stars and astronomical exercises, by Alexander Jamieson, A.M. ... London, edited by G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave Maria Lane, T. Cadell, Strand and N. Hailes, Museum Piccadilly. 1822. 

ca. 1820, original copper engraving, ca. 17.5 cm x 22.5 cm

sheet:23.5 x 28.5 cm

condition: good
reverse side white

see the photos for a good impression, are part of the description