Accession No

6362

Brief Description

deck of manuscript astronomy/geography didactic playing cards, “The Elements of Astronomy and Geography Explained”, by Mary Morris, English, 1810s

Origin

England

Maker

Morris, Mary

Class

astronomy; cartography; demonstration

Earliest Date

1810

Latest Date

1819

Inscription Date

181_

Material

card; fabric; thread

Dimensions

115mm x 85mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchsed from Tesseract, David & Yola Coffeen, Box 151, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York 10706, U.S.A., on or before 17/07/2009. Tesseract catalogue 88, Summer 2009, item no. 6.

Inscription

The Elements of Astronomy and Geography Explained on ...(20?) Cards by Mary Morris 181_

Description Notes

Set of manuscript astronomy/geography didactic cards, “The Elements of Astronomy and Geography Explained”, by Mary Morris, England, 1810s.

Deck of 36 cards, hand-drawn and -coloured, each with illustration depicting a principle of astronomy, geography, or of the spherical geometry of the earth, and a manuscript description on the reverse. The cards are variously numbered from 1 to 37, but with some numbers missing and some numbers (but not scenes) duplicated.

The cards are contained in a sewn card case decorated with hand-drawn and coloured terrestrial planispheres of the eastern and western hemispheres.

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