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Auction 99, Lot 74

"Theoria Satellitum Iovis et Saturni in qua praecipua horum planetarum secundariorum Phaenomena geometrica designatione sistuntur", Homann Heirs

Subject: Solar System

Period: 1742 (circa)

Publication:

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.

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Condition: A

Couple of tiny marginal tears repaired.

Estimate: $400 - $500

Sold for: $300

Closed on 6/12/2002

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