Treasury of Folklore: Stars and Skies Our Publications delicately etched with five shimmering

delicately etched with five shimmering stars

The holder features a wrap-around print of the hand-coloured engraving ‘Novissima totius terrarum orbis tabula [Newest Map of the Whole Earth]’

Newton Abbot

Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize

Treasury of Folklore: Stars and Skies Our Publications delicately etched with five shimmeringTreasury of Folklore: Stars and Skies, an exploration of the mysteries of the stars, skies and heavens above. by Willow Winsham People have gazed up at the same stars for millennia, trading stories about them; conjuring gods and goddesses; mapping the constellations; and navigating the complex human world below. The tales, traditions and myths included here traverse countries and continents and have been chosen to highlight how humans are linked