ARTIST: Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr
PUBLISHER: Homann Heirs, Nuremberg.
MEDIUM: Handcolored copper plate engraving,
DATE: c.1742.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 19 1/4 x 22 7/8" (488 x 580 mm) 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 repair to lower centerfold and marginal repair. Original hand color, with side panels fully colored, map with pale blue wash.
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