'Transit of Venus December 6, 1882' Product:Postcard Frontispiece to volume 3 of

Frontispiece to volume 3 of the book: A collection of voyages

A prospect of the City from Temple to Wapping appears in the lower margin with a key to significant landmarks

On the left a man reads his papers as his strides along in his steam driven boots

the River Thames and All Saints Church

'Transit of Venus December 6, 1882' Product:Postcard Frontispiece to volume 3 ofProjected appearance of the transit as viewed from London, using Ferguson's method of projection. Inscribed with the title above and annotated to explain the track of the planet: 'Ingress' and 'Egress below the horizon'. Supporting notes verso state that 'Out of four transits of Venus visible in this country during the last three hundred years, three occur under similar circumstances, that is, they commence here shortly before sunset' Original: ink on