Cartographer:
LOTTER, Tobias Conrad
Title:
Planisphaerium Coeleste
Stock Code:
530
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Original colour
Edition:
Latin
Size: (W x H):
57cm x 48cm
22½ inches x 19 inches
Date:
c1750
Price:
£1800
Magnificent twin hemisphere celestial map, with six secondary hemispheres - in the corners and at upper and lower centrefolds. Showing the rotation of the Planets, according to Tycho Brahe, Ptolemy and Copernicus, and the relationships of the sun to the earth and moon. Four globes, two on lower edge, and two on upper edge. The title is on a ribbon along the top
Fine condition. Mounted size: 79 x 72 cm