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 Monoceros ( "unicorn") is a faint constellation on the celestial equator. Its definition is attributed to the 17th-century Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius.  It is bordered by Orion to the west, Gemini to the north, Canis Major to the south, and Hydra to the east. Officina Typographica, or Atelier Typographique, the Printing Office (actually ‘typing office’), was a minor constellation situated between the feet of the Unicorn.   Other bordering constellations include Canis Minor, Lepus, and Puppis. The unicorn (Latin unus ‘one’ and cornus ‘horn’) is a mythical beast depicted with the body of a horse and a spiral horn on its forehead.  The unicorn’s horn was said to have the property of being able to neutralize poisons.  The picture of a Unicorn was the apothecaries’ (   one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes . )symbol.  The powdered root of the ‘unicorn horn’ was believed to be a panacea (wonder  drug)for just about all illnesses. Hippoi Monoke

   Sculptor constellation  was one of the southern constellations introduced by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the 18th century.  Lacaille originally named it Apparatus Sculptoris, which means “ the sculptor's studio ,” but the name was later shortened to Sculptor. Sculptor is a small constellation bordered by  Aquarius and Cetus to the north, Fornax to the east, Phoenix to the south,  Grus to the southwest, and Piscis Austrinus to the west.  The bright star Fomalhaut is nearby                                                  Sculptor constellation is not associated with any myths.                                                      The constellation was depicted as a carved head                                     lying on a tripod table, next to a sculptor’s mallet and two chisels. Artistic rendition of the sculptor's studio,  with parts of the neighbouring constellations of Cetus and Machina Electrica, in Urania's Mirror (1825) Between 1751 and 1752