Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

37 37 c   (CELESTIAL.) Vooght, Claes Jansz. Onderwysing van’t Gebruyk des Hemels Pleyn. Large engraved celestial chart with engraved descriptions in Dutch, French and English mounted to publisher’s stiff paste-paper-covered folding board portfolio with a centrally placed measurement string (lacking volvelle). 22 1 / 4 x26 inches when open; contemporary hand-color; some edge wear to board edges but generally quite nice. Amsterdam, Johannes van Keulen, circa 1690 [1,500/2,500] 39 38 c   (CELESTIALS — MUGGLETO- NIAN.) Frost, Isaac. 3 plates representing Muggletonian astronomical theory. Plates 1, 6, and 9, engraved and printed in oil colors by W.P. Clubb & Son. 4to sheets, each approximately 10x12 1 / 2 inches sheet size, light browning at sheet edges, plate 9 age toned. London: G. Baxter, [1846] [150/250] 39 c   (CELESTIAL.) Group of 3 hand- colored celestial engravings. Orion and Ursa Major/Ursa Minor, after L. Hebert. 11x9 inches, marginal staining; Constellations Map II, after E.J. Burritt. 16 1 / 2 x14 1 / 4 inches sheet size, marginal chipping and staining. Vp, vd [80/120]