theartofgooglebooks: Image transferred from uncovered opposite plate. From p. 289 of Nature Displayed in the Heavens and On the Earth by Simeon Shaw (1823). Original from Oxford University. Digitized July 11, 2008.

theartofgooglebooks:

Image transferred from uncovered opposite plate.

From p. 289 of Nature Displayed in the Heavens and On the Earth by Simeon Shaw (1823). Original from Oxford University. Digitized July 11, 2008.

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