Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

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Middleton, J. (James). Contributors Mair, Alexander. Subject Stars — Atlases.Constellations.Astronomy. Publisher London : Whittaker and Co., ; Norwich : Jarrold and Sons. Date 1842 A celestial atlas : containing maps of all the constellations visible in Great Britain, with corresponding blank maps of the stars : systematically arranged for communicating a practical knowledge of the heavens
Middleton, J. (James). Contributors Mair, Alexander. Subject Stars — Atlases.Constellations.Astronomy. Publisher London : Whittaker and Co., ; Norwich : Jarrold and Sons. Date 1842 The Spring constellations, above and below Gemini, Cancer and Leo.]
Middleton, J. (James). Contributors Mair, Alexander. Subject Stars — Atlases.Constellations.Astronomy. Publisher London : Whittaker and Co., ; Norwich : Jarrold and Sons. Date 1842 The Spring constellations, above and below Gemini, Cancer and Leo.]
Middleton, J. (James). Contributors Mair, Alexander. Subject Stars — Atlases.Constellations.Astronomy. Publisher London : Whittaker and Co., ; Norwich : Jarrold and Sons. Date 1842 The Spring constellations, with white stars on black background. Opposite plate
Middleton, J. (James). Contributors Mair, Alexander. Subject Stars — Atlases.Constellations.Astronomy. Publisher London : Whittaker and Co., ; Norwich : Jarrold and Sons. Date 1842 The Spring constellations, with white stars on black background. Opposite plate
Sloane 702 Astronomical and medical miscellany, including a volvelle and tables of the mansions of the moon England; c. 1482 A volvelle, a device with a moveable disc rotating with a fixed matrix, with a pointing moveable index of the sun (here painted yellow to represent the sun) which could be set at the sign and degree of the zodiac for a particular day in order to predict the best time to provide medical treatment. The names of the months are on the inside ring, with degrees and corresponding zodiac names below, on the left. On the right is an astronomical moveable diagram.  Origin: England 
Sloane 702 Astronomical and medical miscellany, including a volvelle and tables of the mansions of the moon England; c. 1482 Astronomical moveable diagrams, on the left with a pointing standing man in the centre.  Origin: England
A popular guide to the heavens a series of eighty-three plates, with explanatory text & index by Sir Robert Stawell Ball. Published 1904 by D.Van Nostrand in New York .
The earth’s beginning 1909 Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir, 1840-1913Subject: AstronomyPublisher: London, Cassell
The story of the heavens (1888)
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