Subject: Celestial
Period: 1684 (circa)
Publication: Beschreibung des Ganzen Welt-Kreisses
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4.2 x 5.8 inches
10.7 x 14.7 cm
This pair of miniature celestial charts shows the southern and northern skies with allegorical representations of the signs of the zodiac. In the background behind the charts are nocturnal seaside scenes. Size varies slightly.
References: Kanas #7.3.2; Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET 1 B.
Condition: A
Light marginal soiling.