TWO GILTWOOD FRAMED 18TH CENTURY ASTRONOMY ENGRAVINGS,Published Philadelphia, 1794-1803. Two giltwood framed, of the period, engravings by Robert Scot, from Dobsons' edition of Rees' Encyclopedia, depicting astronomical instruments, including orreries, planetarium and a trajectorium lunare. Plate LXXXVIII (#xxxxx.x) and Plate #LXXXVII (#xxxxx.x). Both professionally framed in matboard with giltwood fillet, uv plexiglass and giltwood moulding. - Framed: 15 7/8" high x 13 9/16" wide. Estimate $200-300
Provenance: The Old Print Gallery, Washington, DC.
Both engravings and mouldings are in very good condition.
