COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Moon, F. G.
Date:
1829
Short Title:
Tellus.
Publisher:
F. G. Moon
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Celestial Map
Obj Height cm:
10
Obj Width cm:
7
Note:
Card in red suit (representing summer), showing the planet Tellus, or Earth, according to its Latin name. Features astronomical symbol.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Celestial
Full Title:
Tellus, or the Earth : Diameter 7,964; distance from the sun 95,000,000 miles; revolutions round the sun 365 d. 6 h. 9 m.; progressions per hour 68,092 miles; of its orbit; eccentricity 1,579,679 miles.
List No:
14006.020
Series No:
20
Engraver or Printer:
J. & G. Pickett
Publication Author:
Moon, F. G.
Pub Date:
1829
Pub Title:
Astronomia. London. Published by F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, 1829.
Pub Note:
Deck of 52 cards with celestial imagery. Cards include four suits represented by different colors, after the seasons, each with zodiac signs, a luminary, and the major and minor planets: Mercury, Venus, Tellus (or Earth), Mars, Vesta, Juno, Pallas, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn and Herschel (or Uranus). Suits are as follows - Spring in blue: Aries, Taurus and Gemini, as well as Luna (or the moon); Summer in red: Cancer, Leo and Virgo, as well as the Sun; Autumn in yellow: Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius, as well as the comet of 1680; Winter in white: Capicorn, Aquarius and Pisces, as well as the orbits. Each card features an astrological or astronomical symbol. Designed and published by F. G. Moon, London: 1829 (first edition). Steel engravings by J & G Pickett. Second edition, 1831, included an instruction booklet.
Pub List No:
14006.000
Pub Type:
Celestial Atlas
Pub Type:
Game
Pub Maps:
52
Pub Height cm:
10
Pub Width cm:
7
Image No:
14006020.jp2
Authors:
Moon, F. G.
Link To Source
Tellus.
