The use of the astronomical playing-cards : teaching any ordinary capacity by them to be acquainted with all the stars in heaven, to know their place in heaven, colour, nature, and bigness. As also the poetical reasons for every constellation, very useful, and pleasant, and delightful for all lovers of ingeniety. By Joseph Moxon hydrographer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty.
- Moxon, Joseph.
- Date:
- 1692
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Publication/Creation
London : printed by J. Moxon, and are to be sold at the sign of the Atlas in Warwick Lane, 1692.
Physical description
2 unnumbered pages, 50 pages, 9 unnumbered pages
Contributors
References note
Wing (2nd ed.) M3027A
Notes
With a caption title on p.15: Here follows the ancient stories of the several stars and constellations. Shewing the poetical reasons why such various figures are places in heaven. Collected from Dr. Hood.
Signatures: A-D(-D8).
Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1837:7) s1999 miun s