Fine celestial chart centered on the autumnal equinox in a gnomic projection detailing the celestial sky between 45° North and 45° South declination. The paths of several comets are shown, including those observed by Johannes Kepler, Johannes Hevelius, Francesco Bianchini, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, and Halley’s Comet. This highly decorative star chart beautifully depicts the constellations of Leo, Virgo, Centaurus, Bootes, part of Ursa Major and several more. Panels of Latin text at sides identify the stars within 15 constellations seen in this portion of the sky. This chart was published as part of a set of 6 charts, each depicting a part of the sky on a gnomonic projection with "the fixed stars for the end of the year of Christ 1730 according to the rules of arithmetic and geometry."

Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr was a professor of mathematics at the Aegidien Gymnasium in Nuremberg. Doppelmayr and Johann Baptist Homann were frequent collaborators in producing celestial and astronomical charts for atlases. The publishing history of these charts is complex, as Doppelmayr & Homann published numerous works together. The charts were probably engraved in the 1720's. However, they were only bound into complete sets in the two major compilations of Dopplemayr’s works published by Homann Heirs; Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis... in 1742, and the revised edition Atlas Novus Coelestis... in 1748.

References: Kanas #7.8.3; Warner p. 66 - 1J.

Condition: A

A sharp impression with full contemporary color on a bright, watermarked sheet. There are professional repairs to a couple of minor tears in the image.