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Heraldic achievement of Sir William Herschel, with caption on page

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English: Full-page scan from Phoebe Allen's 1912 book Peeps at Heraldry, showing heraldry of Sir William Herschel, 1738–1822, astronomer.

Text in the image is as follows:

At the top: "PLATE 6."

In the heraldry, behind the coat of arms: "NEC AS[obscured]TERRENT" (presumably "NEC ASPERA TERRENT")

In the heraldry, on the ribbon: "CŒLIS · EXPLORATIS."

Caption below the image: "SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL. Arms.—Arg. on mount vert, representation of the 40 ft. reflecting telescope with its apparatus ppr. on a chief az : the astronomical symbol of Uranus irradiated or. Crest.—A demi terrestrial sphere ppr. thereon an eagle, wings elevated or.

Motto.—Coelis exploratis."
Date
Source Peeps at Heraldry by Phoebe Allen (1912), plate 6. Ebook available from Project Gutenberg (not the same scan, though): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55439
Author Phoebe Allen
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