Catalog Archive
Auction 116, Lot 64
Print View

"Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe in quo Fixarum loca secundum Eclipticae ductum ad anum 1730 completum exhibentur…", Doppelmayr/Homann

Subject: Celestial

Period: 1742 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.7 x 19 inches
57.7 x 48.3 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

Handsome celestial chart shows the constellations of the northern hemisphere in 1730 after the catalogue of Johannes Hevelius. Depicted in the corners are the observatories of Tycho Brahe at Hven, the Paris Observatory, Hevelius at Danzig and Eimmart at Nuremberg. The tables along the sides identify and describe the constellations, including eight new observations by Hevelius.

References: Wagner p. 64-66, 1C.

Condition: B

Fine impression and original color. Light damp stain and some old repaired tears along bottom. Still a very attractive chart.

Estimate: $900 - $1,100

Sold for: $800

Closed on 9/20/2006

Archived

About Us

Old World Auctions specializes in genuine antique maps, atlases and decorative graphics originating between the 14th and 19th centuries.

Read more about us...

Recent Articles

More...

General Info

Contact Info

3850 Gaskins Road, Suite 220
Henrico, VA 23233 (USA)
Phone: 804 290 8090
Email: info@oldworldauctions.com

© 2024 - All Rights Reserved |Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice | Sitemap