World, Oceans, Poles and Celestial Maps

Information

Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe View larger

Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe

22215

Constellations. Doppelmayr. "Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe". Orig. copper-engraving from J. G. Doppelmayr's Atlas Coelestis. Published by J. B. Homann in Nuremberg, ca. 1720. Orig. old colouring. An oval chart of the of the constellationes of the southern sky. 49:58 cm.

More details

For Sale

Warning: Last items in stock!

21 000,00 Kč

More info

Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel

Homann, Joan Babtist

Nürnberg

1720

Constellations. Doppelmayr. "Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe, in quo loca Stellarum fixarum secundum Aequatorem per Ascenciones nempe rectas et Declinationes ad annum Christi 1730 completu sistuntur". Orig. copper-engraving from J. G. Doppelmayr's Atlas Coelestis. Published by J. B. Homann in Nuremberg, ca. 1720. Orig. old colouring. An oval chart of the of the constellationes of the southern sky. With decorative vignettes of celestial monsters and animals, cherubs in the corners holding astronomical instruments. The tables along the sides identify and describe the constellations on the chart. 49:58 cm (19 1/4 x 22 3/4 inch.).

A very decorative map of the southern starry sky. - Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677-1750) was a German mathematician, astronomer and cartographer.


Tags: Constellations Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe Doppelmayr Homann 1720