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Folio (535 by 395mm), engraved portrait of Flamsteed by George Vertue after Thomas Gibson, vignette title-page, dedication leaf, 9-page introduction, list of subscribers, 27 double-page engraved charts on 28 mapsheets (chart of Hydra Crater on two joined sheets), all mounted on guards, by James Mynde and Abraham Sharp, Cassiopea title trimmed to within upper neatline with minor loss, Taurus trimmed to within lower neatline with minor loss, Pisces and Sagittarius lower part of image with tear skilfully repaired, engraved head- and tail-piece and an initial; contemporary, calf-backed blue marbled paper boards, blue morocco, gilt lettering-piece to spine.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By FLAMSTEED, John; and Margaret FLAMSTEED, 1729.","protected":false},"featured_media":31610,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[410],"product_cat":[5660,4953,1237,5856],"product_tag":[5930,5818,5667],"product_campaign":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31609","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_brand-rare-atlases","7":"product_cat-dcrb-atlases","8":"product_cat-all-stock","9":"product_cat-celestial","10":"product_cat-sale40","11":"product_tag-5930","12":"product_tag-5818","13":"product_tag-december25","14":"subjects-atlases","15":"subjects-celestial-3","16":"subjects-celestial","17":"locations-celestial-2","19":"first","20":"outofstock","21":"sold-individually","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\nThe British Empire reaches for the stars - Daniel Crouch Rare Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/browse\/the-british-empire-reaches-for-the-stars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_CN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The British Empire reaches for the stars\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By FLAMSTEED, John; 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