Edmundus Halleius – Vintage Print
![Edmundus Halleius, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/61/61a168c20e73-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The most distinctive detail is the Latinized inscription, *Edmundus Halleius*, which renders the astronomer Edmond Halley's name in the scholarly form common in his era. Halley (1656–1742) is remembered for computing the orbit of the comet that bears his name, for serving as Astronomer Royal, and for encouraging Isaac Newton to publish the *Principia*. This print is a halftone reproduction of an older engraving, published in *Correspondence and Papers of Edmond Halley* opposite page 284. The original engraving's date and maker are not recorded, so the image is best read as a later printed copy of an earlier portrait.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Notes | Halftone repro. of engraving. Illus. in: Correspondence and Paper of Edmund Halley, opposite p. 284. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,197 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152596 |
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