LE NOM DE SYSTEME.
Georges Louis Le Rouge
Artist's BiographyLe Nom De Systeme.
Copper plate engraving, 1756
Image 8 x 10 1/2" (20 x 26.7 cm)
Good condition. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 98226
Price: $225.00 Publisher : A decorative armillary sphere, published in Paris by Le Rouge. The primary image is surrounded by 4 models of the solar system, based upon Copernicus, Ptolemee, Ticho-Brahe and the System Compose, a composite system invented by Martianus Capella, based upon Ptolomee and Tycho Brahe, with the earth at the center of the Universe.
This map appeared in: Atlas Nouveau Portatif a l'Usage des Militaires et du Voyageur. Maps , Curiosities
