Southern planisphere, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' mb-code 2502593 plate VI of Industry and

plate VI of Industry and Idleness

Showing a small portion of the inner surface of the second cavity of the deer's stomach

The reverse is stamped: 'MAULL & POLYBLANK

each with a tail of a cat o' nine tails

Inscribed top right "Map of the country around Kirkdale to illustrate Professor Buckland's paper" with a key to rock types illustrated using colour

Southern planisphere, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' mb-code 2502593 plate VI of Industry andThe stars of the southern hemisphere. Map 26 from John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis, or star atlas (London, 1729). This was the first celestial atlas based on telescopic observations. Published posthumously, it was the work of the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed FRS (1646 1719), and used the catalogue of 2935 stars in his 1725 Historia Coelestis Britannica. Original: engraving. 1729