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Matthaus Seutter. Celestial Chart Planisphaerium Coeleste, ca. 1730....
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Matthaus Seutter. Celestial Chart Planisphaerium Coeleste, ca. 1730. Published in Augsburg, the hand-colored copper-plate chart measures 25.5 x 21.75 inches (overall). The magnificent double-hemisphere celestial chart shows the northern and southern sky with constellations in allegorical form derived from Hevelius. A diagram in the upper right corner shows the monthly orbit and illumination of the moon, while another in the upper left represents day and night on the earth; both diagrams contain quotations from Genesis in Latin. Five additional diagrams along the bottom represent the monthly orbit and illumination of the moon, the different planetary hypotheses of Copernicus, Tycho [Brahe], Ptolemy, and the annual orbit of the sun and the seasons. There is no engraver's imprint. Extremely clean, vivid, and crisp, thus, fine.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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