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Constellations. Doppelmayr. "Globi Coelestis in Tabulas planas redacti Pars IV.". 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 16...
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Homann, Johann Baptist
Nürnberg
1720
Constellations. Doppelmayr. "Globi Coelestis in Tabulas planas redacti Pars IV.". 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 16 constellations ("Lynx", "Leo Minor", "Ursa Maior", "Coma Berenices", "Canes Venatici Asterion et Chara", "Bootes Cum Monte Maenalo", "Leo", "Virgo", "Libra", "Scorpius", "Hydra", "Sextanus Uraniae", "Crater", "Corvus", "Argo Navis", "Centaurus"). With title at the top and indentification of the size of the stars ("Magnitudo Stellarum") in lower left corner. The tables along the sides identify and describe the constellations on the chart. 49:57,5 cm (19 1/4 x 22 3/4 inch.).
A very decorative celestial map.