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    Image number: RS.9115
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    Constellation of Orion

    Date
    1818
    Object type
    Library reference
    R67790
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 285mm
    width (print): 190mm
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    Description
    Colour version of plate from John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis (London, 1729), showing the constellation of Orion.

    A fold-out plate from An astronomical catechism, by Catherine Vale Whitwell (London, 1818).
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