US$ 69.95
Original: copperplate engraving
the River Thames and All Saints Church
or a Sketch of the Times'
A prospect of the City from Temple to Wapping appears in the lower margin with a key to significant landmarks
it had a useful performance
'Transit of Venus December 6, 1882' Product:Postcard Original: copperplate engravingProjected appearance of the transit as viewed from London, using Ferguson's method of projection. Inscribed with the title above and annotated to explain the track of the planet: 'Ingress' and 'Egress below the horizon'. Supporting notes verso state that 'Out of four transits of Venus visible in this country during the last three hundred years, three occur under similar circumstances, that is, they commence here shortly before sunset' Original: ink on