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Seconde Partie de L'Hemisphere Celeste Septentrional.
Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: Le Bas, J. P.
Place made: France
Date made: 1725-1783
Materials: ink; laid paper
Measurements: 6 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in
Nomenclature: astronomical
Classification: whales
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Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: Le Bas, J. P.
Place made: France
Date made: 1725-1783
Materials: ink; laid paper
Measurements: 6 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in
Nomenclature: astronomical
Classification: whales
Uncolored engraving depicting the lower half of the Northern celestial hemisphere. With both the component stars and the figural representations of the constellations depicted. Labels in French. Pencilled-in arrow points out "La Baleine" (the Whale, Cetus)
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