The moon
Subtitle: considered as a planet, a world, and a satellite
By: by James Nasmyth and James Carpenter ; with twenty-four illustrative plates of lunar objects, phenomena, and scenery, numerous woodcuts, &c
Contributors: Carpenter, James, 1840-1899; De la Rue, Warren, 1815-1889
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
Publisher: J. Murray
Published: 1874
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Surface
Notes: First ed. A second ed. was pub. the same year with identical text but with some changes to the plates.

The plates consist of 6 photogravures, 4 heliotypes, 2 lithographs, and 1 chromolithograph after drawings or photographs by Nasmyth; and 12 mounted photographs on 11 leaves (10 autotypes by Brooks, Day & Son and 2 Woodburytypes)--with printed captions.

The 12 photographs include: 1 Woodburytype (pl. III)--of the moon's surface from a negative taken through a telescope by W. De La Rue, and 1 Woodburytype and 10 autotypes from negatives by Nasmyth of deceptive models of the moon's surface.

Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.