Pamphlet entitled, 'A description of the Selenographia"

PART OF:: Moon globe by John Russell, 1797

Made:: 1797 in London and England

author:: John Russell

Pamphlet entitled, 'A description of the Selenographia: an apparatus for exhibiting the phenomena of the Moon' by John Russell, R.A., London, 1797

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1949-117/3

Materials:: paper and complete

Measurements:: overall (estimate): 260 x 220 x 3 mm

type:: book

credit:: H.M. King George VI

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Pamphlet entitled, 'A description of the Selenographia"

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