Rare early Thai astronomical printing and description of the 1850 solar eclipse. - J.H. Chandler Union Press Bangkok -1850 Almanac Engravings Several costume woodcuts with contemporary

Several costume woodcuts with contemporary pen marks and manuscript marginalia in places

-Original Copperplate Engraving from Latin 1st Edition of1601

the skulls of which could be worn like helmets

-1584 edition printed by tIoannis Withagij in Antwerp

Each album contains 12 double page prints in traditional brush painting style

Rare early Thai astronomical printing and description of the 1850 solar eclipse. - J.H. Chandler Union Press Bangkok -1850 Almanac Engravings Several costume woodcuts with contemporarySiamese almanac for the year commencing with the 1st month in the year 1211 [1850 in the western calendar], and ending with the 12th month in the year 1212 of the Siamese era Bangkok: Union Press by John Hassett Chandler 1850 Small format (12. 5 x 10 cm). Original light tan printed wrappers. PUncut. Complete: 52 & [1] pages. Very good condition light toning to wrappers, faint vertical crease to rear cover; final leaf with short closed tear (~2 cm),