[Illus. of 3 constellations: Le Bouvier" (Bootes - the Ploughman) "Les Levriers" (Canes Venatici - 2 hounds) and "Le Chevelure de Berenice" (Coma Berenices - hair of Berenice)]" – Vintage Print
![[Illus. of 3 constellations: Le Bouvier" (Bootes - the Ploughman) "Les Levriers" (Canes Venatici - 2 hounds) and "Le Chevelure de Berenice" (Coma Berenices - hair of Berenice)]", 1776 — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f8/f8041b6b42cb-L.webp)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of [Illus. of 3 constellations: Le Bouvier" (Bootes - the Ploughman) "Les Levriers" (Canes Venatici - 2 hounds) and "Le Chevelure de Berenice" (Coma Berenices - hair of Berenice)]". The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Illus. of 3 constellations: Le Bouvier" (Bootes - the Ploughman) "Les Levriers" (Canes Venatici - 2 hounds) and "Le Chevelure de Berenice" (Coma Berenices - hair of Berenice)]"
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Three constellations share this plate: Le Bouvier, the Ploughman, now called Boötes; Les Levriers, the two hounds of Canes Venatici; and Le Chevelure de Berenice, the Hair of Berenice, or Coma Berenices. The last takes its name from a legend about Queen Berenice II of Egypt, who is said to have offered her hair to the gods for her husband's safe return from war, after which it was placed among the stars. This engraving comes from a Paris star atlas of 1776, when charts like this served both as astronomical tools and as elegant objects for study and display. The figures are drawn to be read against the stars they name, so the pictures and the sky map work together.
| Created / published | 1776 |
|---|---|
| Medium | LC-USZ62-62384 (b&w film copy neg.) Rights status not evaluated. For general information see Copyright and Other Restrictions ... |
| Genre | Illus. in: Atlas Celeste, Paris, 1776. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Dogs; Agriculture; Astornomy; RBD; Shelf. |
| Subjects | 1 print : engraving. |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,243 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-137363 |
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