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Auction 94, Lot 60

"Systemes Planetaires", Lapie, Alexander Emile & Pierre

Subject: Solar System

Period: 1829 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Universel

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.2 x 15.5 inches
53.8 x 39.4 cm
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This is a handsome sheet featuring an armillary sphere and a compass rose at center. Nine diagrams complete the composition including four theories of the solar system: Ptolemaic, Tycho-Brahe, Copernicus, and "Systeme actuel".

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Condition: A

Lovely coloring. Small damp stains in bottom margin, well away from the image.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $170

Closed on 3/7/2001

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