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Globvs Coelestis - Antique map

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Heaven."Globus Coelestis". Orig. copper-engraving from the Latin edition of A. Ortelius' Epitome. Published by J. B. Vrients in Antwerps, 1609. With Latin title above the map. 8,5:12,5 cm (3 1/2 x 5 inch.).

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Ortelius, Abraham

Vrienst, Jan Babtist

Antwerps

1609

Heaven."Globus Coelestis". Orig. copper-engraving from the Latin edition of A. Ortelius' Epitome. Published by J. B. Vrients in Antwerps, 1609. With Latin title above the map. 8,5:12,5 cm (3 1/2 x 5 inch.).

Koeman III; map 0010:332; ed. 333:02/03 (1609/12 Epitome). - A decorative miniature sky map. Two hemispheres surrounded by clouds. Ptolemaic constellations including Polophilax. - With traces of the old grid for the copyist in colored pencil.

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