ARTIST: Vicenzo Coronelli
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: c.1700.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 17 7/8 x 23 5/8" (45.4 x 60 cm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: A fine double hemisphere star chart as seen in the northern and southern skies. Dedicated to Marco Bembo. Vincenzo Coronelli was the official cosmographer to the Republic of Venice and map-maker to Louis XIV. Coronelli had access in France to the maps and official reports of explorers, as well as valuable accounts of Jesuit missionaries supplied to him by friends.
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CONDITION: Very good condition. Black & white.
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