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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Covers to) Astronomical Recreations; Or Sketches of the Relative Positions And Mythological History Of The Constellations ... Illustrated By A Series Of Coloured Plates. Philadelphia: Published By Anthony Finley, N.E. Corner Of Fourth And Chestnut Streets. Clark & Raser, Printers, 33 Carter's Alley. MDCCCXXIV.
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Bound in half leather gray paper covered boards with yellow paste down label titled "Astronomical Recreations. Pub. by A. Finley Philada. P.E. Hamm Sc." On the spine of the cover is "Atlas Of The Stars."
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) (Handwritten presentation).
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2890B
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Association copy presented to author's cousin.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Title Page) Astronomical Recreations; Or Sketches of the Relative Positions & Mythological History Of The Constellations. Philadelphia: Published By Anthony Finley, Chestnut Street. 1824.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Title Page) Astronomical Recreations; Or Sketches of the Relative Positions And Mythological History Of The Constellations ... Illustrated By A Series Of Coloured Plates. Philadelphia: Published By Anthony Finley, N.E. Corner Of Fourth And Chestnut Streets. Clark & Raser, Printers, 33 Carter's Alley. MDCCCXXIV.
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2890D
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Second title page.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) (Copyright filing and Dedication pages).
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2890E
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Statement of filing in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Dedication to James Stevenson, Esquire, of Albany, New York, by author Jacob Green on September 1, 1824.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Advertisement.
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Discussion of the design of the present work which focuses on an attractive and instructive composition. Plates have been faithfully reduced from those of the last edition of the Atlas of Bode, published a few years prior in Germany.
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(Text Page) Preface.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Preface (continued).
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Preface (continued).
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Preface (continued).
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Introduction.
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(Text Page) Introduction (continued).
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Introduction (continued).
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2890M
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) List of the Plates.
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(Text Page) Explanations.
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Includes types of triangles and English names for Greek characters.
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Plate 1. (Constellations near Via Lactea - the Milky Way.)
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Illustrations of the First Plate. Via Lactea - the Milky Way.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Via Lactea - the Milky Way (continued). Ursa Minor - the Little Bear.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Ursa Minor - the Little Bear (continued). Draco - the Dragon. Cepheus.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Cepheus (continued).
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Tarandus. Camelopardalis. Custos Messium.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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Plate 2. (Constellations near Ursa Major - the Great Bear).
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Illustrations of the Second Plate. Ursa Major - the Great Bear.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Ursa Major - the Great Bear (continued).
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Ursa Major - the Great Bear (continued). Leo Minor - the Little Lion. Cor Caroll - Charles's Heart. Quadrans Muralis.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Illustrations of the Third Plate. Lynx.
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Plate 3. (Constellations near the Lynx).
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(Text Page) Auriga - the Charioteer.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Auriga - the Charioteer (continued). Telescopium Herschelii.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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Plate 4. (Constellations near Perseus).
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(Text Page) Illustrations of the Fourth Plate. Perseus & Caput Medusa - Perseus & Medusa's Head.
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2890AA
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Perseus & Caput Medusa - Perseus & Medusa's Head (continued). Cassiopeia.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Cassiopeia (continued). Andromeda.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Andromeda (continued). Triangula - the Triangles, Musca, Lacerta, Honores Frederici.
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2890AD
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(Text Page) Honores Frederici (continued).
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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Plate 5. (Constellations near Cygnus).
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Illustrations of the Fifth Plate. Cygnus - the Swan.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Cygnus - the Swan (continued). Vultur et Lyra - the Vulture and the Harp. Hercules.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Hercules (continued). Sagitta - the Arrow, Velpecula et Anser.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Velpecula et Anser (continued).
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Plate 6. (Constellations near Corona Borealis).
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(Text Page) Illustrations of the Sixth Plate. Corona Borealis - the Northern Crown.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Bootes & Mons Menalus - Bootes & Mount Menalus. Canes Venatici - the Greyhounds.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Coma Berenices - Benrenice's Hair.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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Plate 7. (Constellations near Ophiuchus & Serpens).
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Illustrations of the Seventh Plate. Ophiuchus & Serpens - Ophiuchus and the Serpent.
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(Text Page) Ophiuchus & Serpens - Ophiuchus and the Serpent (continued). Taurus Poniatovii. Aquila - the Eagle.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Taurus Poniatovii, Aquila - the Eagle (continued). Antinous,. Scutum Sobiesci.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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(Text Page) Illustrations of the Eighth Plate. Delphinius - the Dolphin.
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[Finley, Anthony, Green, Jacob]
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Plate 8. Constellations near Delphinus.
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