Three stereoscopic glass positives each with red mount and binding the mounts titled in gilt 'Lunar Photographs by Warren de la Rue Frs. Pres. FRAS &c.' and 'Enlarged and Published by R. & J. Beck London'. Note: According to Darrah the first stereograph of the moon was produced by Warren De la Rue at the Crawford observatory in 1858. These are considered by many astronomy experts as the most important early Lunar stereoscopic images made three years before those by L. M. Rutherford. Re: William C. Darrah 1977 'The World of Stereographs' p. 147. See illustration
Three stereoscopic glass positives each with red mount and binding the mounts titled in gilt 'Lunar Photographs by Warren de la Rue Frs. Pres. FRAS &c.' and 'Enlarged and Published by R. & J. Beck London'. Note: According to Darrah the first stereograph of the moon was produced by Warren De la Rue at the Crawford observatory in 1858. These are considered by many astronomy experts as the most important early Lunar stereoscopic images made three years before those by L. M. Rutherford. Re: William C. Darrah 1977 'The World of Stereographs' p. 147. See illustration
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