edmund halley (25 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 15.

Bildgröße 9x7,5 cm.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine wood engraving. Mounted and ready to frame, mount size approx 8 x 7 ins, 20 x 18cms. c. 1853.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive, decorative and unusual. c. 1850.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Engraved By Birrell (illustrator). PORTRAIT & BIOGRAPHY. Fine copper engraved portrait with a valuable 500 word biography of the eminent personage. Each plate is 8.5 x 5 ins, 22 x 12 cms. and will be mounted (matted) and ready to frame. The portrait is in an oval with biography underneath. Edmond Halley FRS (8 November 1656 - 14 January 1742) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine original steel engraving. ca. 1880 Mounted and ready to frame. An excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine original steel portrait. Mounted and ready to frame. Engraved size 4 x 3 ins, 10 x 8 cms. Unusual - decorative and attractive.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Engraved By Fry (illustrator). A fine original steel engraving. Mounted and ready to frame. ca 1850. An excellent opportunity to purchase this splendid portrait of this famous personage. From an original picture ascribed to Dahl in the possession of the Royal Society.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Engraved By Fry (illustrator). A fine engraving. Mounted and ready to frame. An excellent opportunity to purchase this decorative and attractive portrait.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Engraved By W T Fry (illustrator). Steel engraving. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. Engraved by Fry from the original painting ascribed to Dahl, in the possession of the Royal Society.

Stipple engraving, Published C. Knight, 1834, some spotting on surround,

Unbound. TOGETHER WITH LETTERPRESS INSTRUCTIONS: HALLEY, Edmund (1656-1742) The Description and Uses of the New and Correct Sea Chart of the Western and Southern Ocean, Shewing the Variations of the Compass. [London]: R. and W. Mount, and T. Page, [1712] Engraved chart by I. Harris flanked by letterpress instructions affixed vertically to left and right sides of chart (Chart: 22 ½ x 19 in.; 57.2 x 48.3 cm. Overall with letterpress: 24 x 27 1/2 in.; 61 x 70 cm)., title cartouche over South America, secondary cartouche over Africa with dedication to William III. BINDING/CONDITION: Hinged to a mat. Creases where previously folded, several small paper repairs where letterpress was affixed to chart, costing one word in paragraph 2; some light browning. (65B1G) APPARENT FIRST EDITION OF HALLEY'S FAMED ISOGONIC CHART, WITH RARE EARLY ISSUE OF INSTRUCTIONAL TEXT. "AMONG THE RAREST OF CARTOGRAPHICAL TREASURES" (Tooley). An instrument of singular importance for navigation in the North and South Atlantic, of which few examples have survived. While Halley is perhaps best known for his computation of the orbit of Halley's comet, his theory of terrestrial magnetism is one of his most important scientific achievements. Between 1698 and 1700, Halley sailed across the Atlantic in the ship Paramour charting magnetic variation. By postulating the existence of four magnetic poles, Halley hoped to explain the magnetic variations recorded on the Earth's surface. He published two charts during his voyage on the Paramour, a meteorological chart in 1701, and the present magnetic chart in 1701/1702. The two were the first published charts with lines of equal magnetic variation I the oceans; these were referred to as "Halleyan lines" by his contemporaries, and are now known as Isogonic lines. "Thus the isoline, or line of equal value, was invented. For more than a century Halley's magnetic lines were a familiar feature of the world chart" (Shirley). Instrument, rather than chart, is the best designation of this early issue, for which the printed text provides instructions on use. Throughout the 18th century, the Mount & Page partnership and imprint went through numerous permutations. Robinson dates that of "R. and W. Mount, and T. Page" to 1712. An inspired work of science by one of the great astronomers of the age, which went on to be reprinted numerous times throughout the 18th century, including numerous editions of The English Pilot. PROVENANCE: Sotheby's New York, 12 December 2017, lot 37 REFERENCES: Louis A. Bauer, "Some Bibliographical Discoveries in Terrestrial Magnetism," in Nature 52 (1895), pp. 79-80; Edmund Halley and Thematic Geo-Cartography," in The Compleat Plattmaker; Robinson, Marine Cartography in Britain, pp. 117-121; Shirley, The Mapping of the World, p. xiv; Tooley, Maps and Mapmakers, p. 55; The World Encompassed, 199.

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Zustand: New. In.

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Zustand: Very Good. Published in Atlas Maritimus & Commercialis. , Size : 344x260 (mm), 13.54x10.24 (Inches), Hand Colored.

Zustand: Very Good. Published in Atlas Maritimus & Commercialis. , Size : 475x250 (mm), 18.70x9.84 (Inches), Hand Colored.

Zustand: Very Good. Published in Atlas Maritimus & Commercialis. , Size : 345x264 (mm), 13.58x10.39 (Inches), Hand Colored.

Ca. 1701. Edmund Halley's (discoverer of Halley's Comet) important chart of the world, showing the variations of the compass and winds, with original outline color. With Australia named 'Hollandia Nova', and with an incomplete coast line; New Zealand is not shown. North America with "Nova Brittania', Virginia, Carolina, Florida, and California as an island. From a French publication, with "Grave par Bourgoin le jeune" at the lower left, and No. 6 bis at the upper right. Image size: 19 1/2 x 8 1/2". With a very small hole at the Prime Meridian, not visible unless held to the light, otherwise very good.