Cpopperprint: The name of Systems. by Seale Sculp

Handcoloured copperprint . Engraved for the New Geographical
Copperprint ‘ The Name Of System’
Print (Engraving) of Armillary Sphere and Planetary Systems, by R. W. Seale, for the New Geographical Dictionary, Late 18th Century

Type of object:

Book & Prints

Time period:

Britain rules the waves + France

Place:

London

Date:

1780

Maker / Author:

R. W. Seale

Publisher / Printer:

From the New Geografical Dictionary

Dimensions:

21 x 16 cm

Material:

Graduation:

Inscription:

Above image: 'Engraved for the New Geographical
Below right: 'R. W. Seale sculp.'.

Provenance:

Crijns & Stender

References:

B& W version in the Museum of the History of science Oxford:
https://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/collections/imu-search-page/record-details/?TitInventoryNo=55100&querytype=field&thumbnails=&irn=10857

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Description

Hand coloured engraving from an encyclopaedia.
Shows an armillary sphere (centre) and four diagrams of cosmological or planetary systems (Copernican, Ptolemaic, Tycho Brahe, and Composite), with engraved texts.