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https://flic.kr/p/jrGQZJ | Untitled | This set includes images of a set of astronomical playing cards printed in England in the late seventeenth century. They were produced by Joseph Moxon (1627-1691), a printer of scientific and mathematical texts who was the royal Hydrographer of Charles II. In 1676 Moxon printed a manual to accompany the cards: The Use of the Astronomical Playing Cards, Teaching any Ordinary Capacity by them to be acquainted with all the Stars in the Heaven, Colour…
https://flic.kr/p/a45gMR | The Constellations for Each Month of the Year - Atlas of the Heavens, Elijah Burritt 1856 | Burritt, Elijah H. Atlas designed to illustrate Burritt's Geography of the heavens. New York : Mason Bros., 1856.
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ATLAS OF THE HEAVENS Elijah Burritt, 1856
https://flic.kr/p/jrGSH3 | Untitled | This set includes images of a set of astronomical playing cards printed in England in the late seventeenth century. They were produced by Joseph Moxon (1627-1691), a printer of scientific and mathematical texts who was the royal Hydrographer of Charles II. In 1676 Moxon printed a manual to accompany the cards: The Use of the Astronomical Playing Cards, Teaching any Ordinary Capacity by them to be acquainted with all the Stars in the Heaven, Colour…
https://flic.kr/p/jrETPr | Untitled | This set includes images of a set of astronomical playing cards printed in England in the late seventeenth century. They were produced by Joseph Moxon (1627-1691), a printer of scientific and mathematical texts who was the royal Hydrographer of Charles II. In 1676 Moxon printed a manual to accompany the cards: The Use of the Astronomical Playing Cards, Teaching any Ordinary Capacity by them to be acquainted with all the Stars in the Heaven, Colour…
https://flic.kr/p/jrJhHC | Untitled | This set includes images of a set of astronomical playing cards printed in England in the late seventeenth century. They were produced by Joseph Moxon (1627-1691), a printer of scientific and mathematical texts who was the royal Hydrographer of Charles II. In 1676 Moxon printed a manual to accompany the cards: The Use of the Astronomical Playing Cards, Teaching any Ordinary Capacity by them to be acquainted with all the Stars in the Heaven, Colour…
From a set of astronomical playing cards printed in England in the late seventeenth century. They were produced by Joseph Moxon (1627-1691), a printer of scientific and mathematical texts who was the royal Hydrographer of Charles II.
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Anonymous, French, 18th century. Hab.t de l'Acadie from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers', 1700–1799. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959(59.654.17(20)) | This work is exhibited in the “Drawings and Prints: Selections from The Met Collection” exhibition, on view through October 24, 2016