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Auction 141, Lot 64
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"Theoria Satellitum Lovis et Saturni…", Doppelmayr/Homann

Subject: Solar System

Period: 1742 (published)

Publication: Atlas Novus Coelestis

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.7 x 19.2 inches
57.7 x 48.8 cm
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An interesting chart of the satellite systems of Jupiter and Saturn compared with the Earth-Moon system according to the observations of Giovanni Domenico Cassini in Bologna in 1661. Includes several descriptive tables at top and bottom. This is the fourteenth plate of thirty in the atlas.

References: Kanas #7.8.3.

Condition: B+

Faint centerfold toning with some soiling primarily in the blank margins. Remnants of hinge tape on verso.

Estimate: $450 - $550

Sold for: $350

Closed on 9/5/2012

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