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"Na. 2. Horologium Horizontale Parallelos Horizontis cum Hor: Ameridie Numeratis Ostendens", Ritter, Franz

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany

Period: 1610 (published)

Publication: Speculum Solis…

Color: Black & White

Size:

13.6 x 11.9 inches
34.5 x 30.2 cm

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Franz Ritter was a German mathematician and astronomer whose works are extremely rare. This beautiful engraving is a horological diagram remarkable for the elaborate decorative border. At top is a large cartouche and at bottom is a 32-point wind rose. A very rare and unusual cartographic curiosity.

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Condition: A+

A dark impression on a bright sheet with a small medallion watermark, issued folding and now flattened. Binding trims at left have been professionally replaced.

Estimate: $600 - $750

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Closed on 6/10/2020

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"Na. 2. Horologium Horizontale Parallelos Horizontis cum Hor: Ameridie Numeratis Ostendens", Ritter, Franz

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany

Period: 1610 (published)

Publication: Speculum Solis…

Color: Black & White

Size:

13.6 x 11.9 inches
34.5 x 30.2 cm

Franz Ritter was a German mathematician and astronomer whose works are extremely rare. This beautiful engraving is a horological diagram remarkable for the elaborate decorative border. At top is a large cartouche and at bottom is a 32-point wind rose. A very rare and unusual cartographic curiosity.

References:

Condition: A+

A dark impression on a bright sheet with a small medallion watermark, issued folding and now flattened. Binding trims at left have been professionally replaced.

Estimate: $600 - $750

Unsold

Closed on 6/10/2020

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"Na. 2. Horologium Horizontale Parallelos Horizontis cum Hor: Ameridie Numeratis Ostendens", Ritter, Franz

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany

Period: 1610 (published)

Publication: Speculum Solis…

Color: Black & White

Size:

13.6 x 11.9 inches34.5 x 30.2 cm

Franz Ritter was a German mathematician and astronomer whose works are extremely rare. This beautiful engraving is a horological diagram remarkable for the elaborate decorative border. At top is a large cartouche and at bottom is a 32-point wind rose. A very rare and unusual cartographic curiosity.

References:

Condition: A+

A dark impression on a bright sheet with a small medallion watermark, issued folding and now flattened. Binding trims at left have been professionally replaced.

Estimate: $600 - $750

Unsold

Closed on 6/10/2020

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13.6 x 11.9 inches
34.5 x 30.2 cm