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Constellations. Doppelmayr. "Globi Coelestis in Tabulas planas redacti Pars I.". Orig. copper-engraving from J. G. Doppelmayr's Atlas Coelestis. Published by J. B. Homann in Nuremberg, ca. 1720. Orig. old colouring. A celestial map of 17...
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Homann, Johann Baptist
Nürnberg
1720
Constellations. Doppelmayr. "Globi Coelestis in Tabulas planas redacti Pars I.". Orig. copper-engraving from J. G. Doppelmayr's Atlas Coelestis. Published by J. B. Homann in Nuremberg, ca. 1720. Orig. old colouring. A celestial map of 17 constellations ("Ursa Minor", "Draco", "Cepheus", Ursa Major", "Camelopardalus", "Cassiopea", "Cygnus", "Lyra", "Hercules", "Bootes", "Canes Venatici Asterion et Chara", "Lynx s. Tigris", "Auriga", "Perseus", "Andromeda", "Laserta s. Stellio", "Leo Minor"). With title at the top and indentification of the size of the stars ("Magnitudines Stel:") in lower left corner. The tables along the sides identify and describe the constellations on the chart. 49,5:59 cm (19 1/2 x 23 1/4 inch.).
A very decorative celestial map.