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1779624. Celestial chart Homann c. 1760.
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1779624. Celestial chart Homann c. 1760.
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CELESTIAL CHART. HOMANN, J. B. - DOPPELMAYR (DOPPELMAIER), J. G. Hemisphaerium coeli boreale... Nuremberg about 1760.
Engraved celestial chart with Zodiac figures and with four uncoloured views of different observatories in each corner. About 485x580 mm. The chart numbered 18. Framed.
Johann Gabriel Doppelmaier (Doppelmayer, Doppelmayr), 1677-1750, astronomer, professor of mathematics and cartographer in Nuremberg. From his most famous atlas "Atlas novus coelestis", published in 1742. The charts show the theories of Horrocks and Bernoulli regarding comets.
Condition
Centerfold with some wear, narrow margins, some spotting.
CELESTIAL CHART. HOMANN, J. B. - DOPPELMAYR (DOPPELMAIER), J. G. Hemisphaerium coeli boreale... Nuremberg about 1760.
Engraved celestial chart with Zodiac figures and with four uncoloured views of different observatories in each corner. About 485x580 mm. The chart numbered 18. Framed.
Johann Gabriel Doppelmaier (Doppelmayer, Doppelmayr), 1677-1750, astronomer, professor of mathematics and cartographer in Nuremberg. From his most famous atlas "Atlas novus coelestis", published in 1742. The charts show the theories of Horrocks and Bernoulli regarding comets.
Condition
Centerfold with some wear, narrow margins, some spotting.