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Hemisphaerium Coeli Boreale Australe

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Constellations. Doppelmayr. "Hemisphaerium Coeli Boreale". 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 constellationes of the northern sky. 49:58 cm.

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Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel

Homann, Joan Babtist

Nürnberg

1720

Constellations. Doppelmayr. "Hemisphaerium Coeli Boreale, in quo loca Stellarum fixarum secundum Aequatorem per Ascenciones nempe rectas et Declinationes ad annum Christi 1730 completum 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 constellationes of the northern 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 northern starry sky. - Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677-1750) was a German mathematician, astronomer and cartographer.


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