Wednesday, August 09, 2006

The World in the Moon

At some time between 1764 and 1772, the printmaker Filippo Morghen , a Florentine based in Naples, issued a curious set of ten etchings under the title ‘A Collection of the most notable things seen by Sir Wilde Scull, and by M. de la Hire, in their famous voyage from the Earth to the Moon.’ Details from these prints follow below.

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2 comments:

darling said...

Those are very pleasant to look at. :)

thanks for sharing!

Diane Dehler said...

What are the most wonderful things you have looked at (maps perhaps) dear one.