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Johann Baptist Homann / Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Celestial Chart Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe, in quo loca Stellarum f...
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Johann Baptist Homann / Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Celestial Chart Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe, in quo loca Stellarum fixarum secundum Aequatorem... from Atlas Coelestis, ca. 1745. The hand-colored copper-plate chart of constellations is 24.75 x 21 inches (overall) and was published in Nuremberg. Each corner is decorated with cherubs depicted with various instruments; a pendulum clock, an azimuth circle, a telescope, and a sextant. Two tables flank the chart. Mounting tape residue at the top verso and one tiny tear at the bottom, else, very good.Auction Info
2010 February Signature Rare Books Auction #6038 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
February, 2010
11th-12th
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