COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Moon, F. G.
Date:
1829
Short Title:
Juno.
Publisher:
F. G. Moon
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Celestial Map
Obj Height cm:
10
Obj Width cm:
7
Note:
Card in blue suit (representing spring), showing the minor planet Juno, or asteroid in the asteroid belt. Juno was the third asteroid discovered, by German astronomer Karl Harding in 1804. Features astronomical symbol.
Region:
Juno
Subject:
Celestial
Full Title:
Juno : Diameter 1,425; distance from the sun 253,380,485 miles; revolutions round the sun 4 yr. 131 days; progressions per hour 45,469 miles; of its orbit inclination 13 deg. 4 min.; eccentricity 64,597,834 miles.
List No:
14006.010
Series No:
10
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:
14006010.jp2
Authors:
Moon, F. G.
