Monoceros, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' Size:S: 30 x 25cm The Royal Liver Building (left)

The Royal Liver Building (left) built between 1908 and 1911 and designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas

Inscribed: 'View of the Island of Gaunsah Lout with the Observatory and Encampment

Simon in New Street

' There is an inset reference key and various explanatory captions

Monoceros, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' Size:S: 30 x 25cm The Royal Liver Building (left)The constellation Monoceros (the unicorn), with Canis Minor, Canis major, Orion (the hunter) and Lepus (the hare). Map 13 from John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis, or star atlas (London, 1729). This was the first celestial atlas based on telescopic observations. Published posthumously, it was the work of the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed FRS (1646 1719), and used the catalogue of 2935 stars in his 1725 Historia Coelestis Britannica. Original: