Rivista di astronomia e scienze affini, 1908, a. 2, n. 05 (May)
This is a 1908 Italian astronomy periodical, issue 5 of volume 2 of the Rivista di astronomia e scienze affini, published by the Società astronomica italiana with the Turin Observatory for an audience of astronomers and scientific instrument buyers. The pages are trade advertisements for telescopes and geodetic instruments from London and Berlin makers, with Italian agent credits and catalogue offers printed beside the engravings. A designer could take the crisp, engineered look of these period machine illustrations, with their dense hatching, cast-iron mounts, and tripod framing.
