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Homann, Johann Babtist
Norimberg
1740
"Phaenomena in Planetis Primariis Quae facies diversas, ex illorum phasibus, maculis et fasciis seu zonis ortas, sistunt, exhibita". Orig. copper-engraving published by Homann's Heirs, ca. 1740 after drawing J. G. Doppelmayr's observations. Orig. old colouring. With decorative title-cartouche and 2 ornamental cartouches. 49:56,5 cm (19 1/4 x 22 1/4 inch.).
Showing the phases of the planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) as it can be seen from the Earth, explanation of the Saturn?s ring and the markings on the planets observed by Christoph Scheiner, Galileo Galilei, Christiaan Huygens, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Robert Hooke, Jacques-Philippe Maraldi and Francesco Bianchini.