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John Russell, Set of uncut printed gores and polar caps of the Moon

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John Russell (1745-1806)
Set of uncut printed gores and polar caps of the Moon, London, 1797
Oxford, Museum of the History of Science, inv. 11665

These proofs come from a series of uncut gores and caps that were never actually used. John Russell meant to use them in the production of his selenographic globe.