1) Le Globe Celeste Represente en Deux Plans-Hemispheres by Jacques Chiquet, Paris, 1719. Charming double hemisphere celestial map based on the observations of Philippe de la Hire, a famous French astronomer who was one of the first to present the full celestial skies in a double hemisphere format. The twin hemispheres include the allegorical representations of the constellations. Above and below are small diagrams of the Sun, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Mercury and the Moon from the observations of Cassini, Kircher, and Galileo. Hand colored, (8.5 x 6.5") Ref. cf Warner, p. 148.

2) Ista proprio sudore nomina…, Anonymous, c 1777. This is unusual chart of the northern sky. Hand colored, (6.5 x 6.5")

3) Constellations - Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, London, 1808. A fine chart of the Big Bear and Little Bear showing the stars up to the 8th magnitude. Hand colored, (7.5 x 9")

4) De la Sphere, Figure XXXVI, Alain Manesson Mallet, Paris, from Description de l'Univers, 1683. An interesting miniature celestial chart depicting the southern constellations in allegorical form. The sphere is suspended above an engraved scene of a harbor on a moonlit night. French text on verso. Uncolored, (4 x 5.8")

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Condition: A

All very good or fine with minor soil or stains in the margins only.