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Johann Baptist Homann / Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Celestial Chart Motus Cometarum in Hemisphaerio Australi from ...
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Johann Baptist Homann / Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Celestial Chart Motus Cometarum in Hemisphaerio Australi from Atlas Coelestis, ca. 1745. Hand-colored copper-plate chart of the southern hemisphere constellations is 23.5 x 19.5 inches (overall) and was published in Nuremberg. Full title is "Motus Cometarum In Hemisphaerio Australi qui intra anum 1530 et 1740 cum duabus stellis novis, nostro tempore visis, à celeberrimis Astronomis Observati, geometrice nunc descripti." In addition to decorative vignettes of celestial monsters and animals, there are geometrical planetary diagrams in each corner and two tables flanking the chart. All corners have been extended not affecting image, 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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