Lot 240 · L13404
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, pleasant, and delightful for all lovers of ingeniety. london: the author, 1676
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $2,979–$4,469
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L13404, London · 10 July 2013
- Dimensions
- First edition, 8vo (162 x 105mm.), nineteenth-century calf-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, without the cards, title-page slightly soiled, extremities slightly rubbed
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4191337
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Moxon, Joseph. 1627-1691., 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, pleasant, and delightful for all lovers of ingeniety. london: the author, 1676. Sotheby's, 10 Jul 2013, lot 240. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4191337.
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Moxon, Joseph. 1627-1691., 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, pleasant, and delightful for all lovers of ingeniety. london: the author, 1676. Sotheby's, 10 Jul 2013, lot 240. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4191337.
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