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HEMISPHAERIUM COELI AUSTRALE (2 of pair).

Cartographer:

HOMANN, Johann Baptist

Title:

HEMISPHAERIUM COELI AUSTRALE (2 of pair).

Stock Code:

529

Method:

Copper engraving

Colouring:

Original outline colour with later additions

Size: (W x H):

56cm x 48cm

22 inches x 19 inches

Date:

Nuremberg, 1720

Price:

£2250

Beautiful, decorative map of the Southern skies with all the constellations, drawn by the famous scientist Johann Gabriel Doppelmayer. Cherubs carrying astronomical instruments. Title along top edge in each corner. Lists of astronomical data in columns on both sides of map. Ref: Scott, Celestial Charts, pp.92-3; Warner, The sky explored, 1C,p.64. Priced as a pair with stock no. 528.

Contemporary ink inscription on title, excellent condition. Mounted size: 79 x 72cm.

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