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Globi Coelestis In Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars II.

  • ARTIST: Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Homann Heirs, Nuremberg.

  • MEDIUM: Handcolored copper plate engraving,

    DATE: c.1742.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 19 1/4 x 22 7/8" (48.8 x 58 cm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677-1750) was an astronomer, cartographer, and a professor of mathematics at the Aegidien Gymnasium in Nuremberg. He often collaborated with the Johann Baptist Homann and his heirs. Together, they produced a number of atlases including Atlas Coelestis and Selenographica. His charts are well engraved and highly decorative. This fine celestial chart appeared in "Atlas Coelestis."

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition save for some damp staining along lower edge. Hand colored.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps