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Johann Baptist Homann / Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Celestial Chart Hemisphaerium Coeli Boreale from Atlas Co...
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Johann Baptist Homann / Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Celestial Chart Hemisphaerium Coeli Boreale from Atlas Coelestis, ca. 1745. The hand-colored copper-plate chart of constellations is 23.5 x 20 inches (overall) and was published in Nuremberg. The full title is "Hemisphaerium Coeli Boreale: in quo Fixarum loca secundum Eclipticae ductum ad annum 1730 completum...." In addition to the decorative vignettes of celestial monsters and animals, there are two tables flanking the chart. All corners have been extended and professional repairs along the verso of the vertical fold. Lower margin shaved into the plate mark, else, good.Auction Info
2010 February Signature Rare Books Auction #6038 (go to Auction Home page)
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February, 2010
11th-12th
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