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Lot#		Title		Subject/Creator		Date/Cond		Sold for:

1		Het Leven vanden Saligmaker Jesus Christus door J. Taylor		Title Pages Wilhelm Broedelet		1700 A		$140.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 7.3 x 10.5 inches) Christian imagery accents this fine title page. It was drawn by J. Luycken and engraved by J. Mulder.

2		L'Atlas Curieux ou le Monde Represente dans des Cartes Generales et Particulieres du Ciel et de la Terre'		Title Pages Nicholas de Fer		1705 A		$110.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13.5 x 9 inches) The title is displayed on a drape with a magnificent coat of arms below, flanked with putti and other allegorical figures engaged in surveying, measuring and drafting maps.

3		Figures de la Bible		Title Pages P. de Hondt		1728 A		$130.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 8.8 x 14 inches) Christian iconography fills this decorative frontispiece, with images of Adam, Eve, Moses, Aaron, Isaac and Jacob, Jesus and others. Hebrews 11, verse 13 is quoted at bottom in French text (All these died according to faith, not having received the promises but beholding them afar off and saluting them and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth). Drawn and engraved by B. Pi...

4		Hydrographie Francoise. Recueil des Cartes Marines Dressees au Depot des Cartes, Plans et Journaux		Title Pages Jacques Nicolas Bellin		1765 B		$300.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 15 x 19.3 inches) This large allegorical frontispiece features a large map of France with a host of putti and angels. The Hydrographie Francoise was France's principal maritime atlas from the middle of the 18th century onwards.

5		Atlas National Illustre des 86 Departements et des Possessions de la France		Title Pages Victor Levasseur		1847 A		$90.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 16.2 x 12 inches) Attractive title page from one of the last decorative atlases of the nineteenth century. The steel engraved scenes surrounding the script title are enclosed in a border of tree branches and grapevines engraved by Eugene Duchez. Infantry and naval battle scenes, portraits, armor and weaponry, ballooning, an early railroad engine, a river god and goddess and a group of cherubs engaged in a variety...

6		[Lot of 5] Typus Orbis Terrarum [with] Americae Descriptio [and] Africae Descriptio [and] Asia [and] Europae Nova Tabula		World & Continents Cluver/Jansson		1661 A		$1,800.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 8 x 5.7 inches) Fine matched set of maps that were originally engraved by Abraham Goos in 1628 for Jansson's editions of the Atlas Minor and then published in this edition of Cluver's popular geography. The interesting set is illustrative of the fluctuating theories prevalent during this period of discovery. 1) Typus Orbis Terrarum is a beautiful double hemisphere world map surrounded in s...

7		[Lot of 6] Mapemonde Planisphere ou Carte Generale du Monde [and] l'Amerique Septentrionale [and] L'Amerique Meridionale [and] Asia [and] Africa Selou les Autheurs les plus Modernes [and] Europa Selon les Auth. les plus Modernes		World & Continents Daniel de la Feuille		1701 B+		$850.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 8.5 x 6 inches) A handsome set of small maps displaying several interesting cartographic myths that were prevalent at the turn of the 18th century. Sizes vary slightly. 1) Mapemonde Planisphere ou Carte Generale du Monde - Generale Wareld Kaart presents the world as a simple double hemisphere showing the island of California, partially mapped Australia and New Zealand and still a good...

8		[Lot of 5] Planiglobium Terrestre Minus' [with] Novi Orbis Totius Americae' [and] Africae Tabula [and] Nova Asiae Tabula' [and] Novissima Totius Europae'		World & Continents Christoph Weigel		1725 B+		$1,600.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13.5 x 10.8 inches) An uncommon matched set of maps with cartography based on that of Johann Baptiste Homann. The unusual original coloring uses small colored dots to indicate the locations of Catholics, Jews, Muslims, heathens, and other religions on the continental maps. 1) Planiglobium Terrestre Minus' is based on Homann's Planiglobii Terrestris Cum Utrog Hemisphaerio Caelesti. It is em...

9		Europa Poly Glotta' / Asia Poly-Glotta' / America cum Supplementis Poly-Glottis / Africa Poly-Glotta		World Continents Homann Heirs		1741 A		$850.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 15.8 x 12.8 inches) This is a fascinating set of thematic maps consisting of four separate maps of the continents (each measuring approximately 7.7 x 6") on four joined sheets. Each map identifies the different countries and linguistic divisions, and each contains tables displaying their script, alphabets and spoken languages. These are important in the history of thematic mapping and one of the first to use color ...

10		[Lot of 7] Planisphere [and] Amerique Septentrionale [and] Amerique Meridionale [and] Asie [and] Europe [and] Afrique [and] Oceanie		World & Continents Victor Levasseur		1846 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 17 x 11 inches) A nice set of world and continents from Levasseur's decorative atlases. Each map is surrounded in an elaborately engraved border containing vignettes representing the region in views, natives, plants, animals, explorers, etc. Sizes vary slightly. 1) Planisphere is presented on Mercator's projection and surrounded by fine steel engravings including vignettes representing the fo...

11		Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita per N. Visscher		World Nicolas Visscher		1663 A		$2,750.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 18.6 x 12 inches) First state of this superb double hemisphere world map surrounded by engravings including allegorical representations of the continents as well as native inhabitants and wildlife. Visscher's decorations were so popular several other cartographers copied them. Two diagrams depicting the Ptolemaic and Copernican theories of the solar system appear within the cusps of the hemispheres. The northwes...

12		Typus Orbis Terrarum		World Ortelius/Marchetti		1667 A+		$600.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 4.1 x 3.1 inches) Galle's miniature Ortelius atlas enjoyed so much success that it was copied by Pietro Marchetti for the Italian market. This map is based on Ortelius' oval map of the world with huge polar continents providing balance for the world's continents. A Northwest Passage is prominently featured. Italian text on verso.

13		Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita		World Bastiaan Stoopendaal		1682 A		$2,300.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 18 x 14 inches) First state of this striking twin hemisphere world map from a folio Dutch Bible. Surrounded by fabulous scenes from the Visscher-Berchem map of 1658, but with astronomical diagrams in place of the north and south polar circles. Classic scenes depict the abduction of Persephone, Zeus being carried across the heavens in an eagle-drawn chariot, Poseidon commanding his entourage, and Demeter receivi...

14		Typus Orbis Terrarum		World Anonymous		1695 A		$1,000.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 9.9 x 6.6 inches) This interesting twin hemisphere map features the island of California, a huge southern continent and no trace yet of Australia. The most striking features of the map are the depictions of the sun and moon and Jehovah, in Hebrew, at top and interesting allegorical representations of the elements at bottom; a dragon represents fire, a phoenix for air, a flowering plant for earth and a pair ...

15		Carte Generale du Monde, ou Description du Monde Terrestre & Aquatique.		World Pierre Mortier		1700 B+		$750.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 18.8 x 16 inches) Pierre Mortier's unique world map drawn on Mercator's projection. California is shown as an island and the Detroit d'Anian connects by dotted lines through the Northwest Passage to Button's Bay, which is located to the west of Hudson Bay. In North America there is an erroneous large lake shown as the source for the Rio Norte, which flows southwest and empties into the...

16		De Werelt Caart		World Cornelius Danckerts		1700 A+		$1,700.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 20.3 x 14.3 inches) This is Cornelius Danckert's second world map; his first being a re-engraved version of his father's map. This map is presented in the new scientific style popular at the turn of the 18th century. Danckerts retained the continental outlines from his father's map, including the island form of California/b>. However, he updated information on the course of the Mississippi from recent French di...

17		Imago Totius Orbis Terraquei cum suo Apparatu ab Auctore Naturae in Suas Partes Distributi Geographic Exhibita		World Scherer		1700 B+		$900.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 14 x 8.8 inches) This unusual polar projection depicts the entire world except the South Pole. California is shown as an island and there is a suggestion of a Northwest Passage via Hudson Bay. There is a distorted portion of Australia noted as Nova Hollandia. The map has delightful depictions of birds and wind heads in the heavens as well as fish and monsters swimming the seas. The beautif...

18		Mappe-Monde Dressee sur les Observations'		World Guillaume Delisle		1700 B+		$1,500.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 26 x 16.5 inches) This first edition of this large double hemisphere map illustrates this famous French cartographer's crisp, elegant style. The title cartouche is centered on the French royal coat of arms and allegorical female representations of the four continents. Another cartouche contains Delisle's imprint with his early address at Rue des Canettes. The map is up-to-date for the period with the most recent...

19		Repraesentatio Totius Orbis Terraquei Cuius Partes, quae Umbra Carent, Fide, Catholica Imbutae sunt, Reliquae Omnes Inumbratae Religionis Catholicae Expertes sunt		World Scherer		1702 A		$800.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13.8 x 9 inches) This is a dramatic depiction of the world presented on a polar projection. The map is shaded to indicate the spread of the Catholic religion throughout the world, with lighter regions depicting those visited by Jesuit missionaries. California is shown as an island, and above it is the Fretum Anian. The title is enclosed in a strapwork cartouche with a symbolic scene on the right s...

20		Plan de l'Histoire universelle, oul'on voit les quatre Monarchies du Monde, et tous les Anciens Etats aussi bien que ceux qui subsistent aujourdhuy		World Henry Abraham Chatelain		1705 B+		$300.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 17.3 x 13.2 inches) The unique composition of this interesting map shows the entire world but emphasizes the Old World. The main map depicts the Eastern Hemisphere, into which is inset a smaller Western Hemisphere with the island of California. The map shows the extents of the Roman Empire and Alexander the Great's Empire. Below are vignettes depicting the seven wonders of the ancient world. Tables of Fren...

21		A New Map of the World Shewing the Course of Sr. Francis Drake, William Schouten and Capt. William Dampiers Voyages Round It		World John Harris		1705 A		$1,900.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 21 x 11.5 inches) This is a scarce map of the world showing California as an island. The partial coasts of New Guinea and Australia are shown as one coastline, and a small amount of New Zealand is indicated. The tracks of the circumnavigators Drake in the 16th century, Schouten in the beginning of the 17th century, and the voyage of Dampier in 1701 are noted. Dampier circumnavigated the world three times;...

22		Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita		World Daniel Stoopendaal		1714 A+		$1,500.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 18 x 14 inches) This is a decorative double hemisphere world map from a Dutch Bible. It is based on Visscher's Bible map of 1663 and surrounded by nearly identical engravings, including numerous exotic animals and four female allegorical representations of the continents. At the top and bottom are two diagrams depicting the Copernican and Ptolemaic theories of the solar system. California is depicted as an...

23		Planiglobii Terrestris cum Utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti'		World Johann Baptist Homann		1730 B+		$3,750.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 21.3 x 19 inches) This is one of the most decorative eighteenth century world maps. The two hemispheres are surrounded by vivid engravings of natural phenomena such as waterspouts, a rainbow, earthquakes, and a volcano. Wind heads occupy the starry heavens and two cherubs hold the title banner aloft. The map itself shows a typical geographical view of the period with an incorrect northwest coastline in North Ame...

24		Werelt Caert		World Daniel Stoopendaal		1736 A		$950.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 18 x 12.2 inches) This is the second state of Stoopendaal's double hemisphere map from a Dutch Bible based on Visscher's similar map of 1663 and surrounded by allegorical representations of the continents. It has been updated here to show California as an island with a flat northern coastline, Australia's western and northern coastlines, a revision in the coastline for New Guinea, and the addition of some i...

25		Orbis Vetus in Utraque Continente'		World Didier Robert de Vaugondy		1752 B+		$700.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 28 x 18.6 inches) This impressive, large double hemisphere world map is beautifully engraved in the robust style characteristic of Robert de Vaugondy. The map presents a historical perspective by depicting 18th century cartography, but only those place names that were known to the ancients. The Western Hemisphere is labeled Atlantis Insula and the northwest coast of North America is completely blank. In t...

26		Weltkarte nach den Vorzuglichstein Hulfsmitteln und Neuesten Entdeckungen Verfasst		World Tranquillo Mollo		1818 B+		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 17.3 x 12.8 inches) This attractive and unusual map of the world is presented on Mercator's projection. The interesting topography is rather speculative, particularly in the American West where a number of mountain ranges converge at a point named Quelle des Missuri. The shorelines of Australia and New Zealand are fully delineated. There are notes from various explorations throughout the map.

27		Mappemonde en Deux Hemispheres		World J. Andriveau-Goujon		1840 B+		$110.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 19.5 x 15.5 inches) An attractive double-hemispherical map of the world inset with small depictions of the polar regions and a triangular diagram comparing the sizes of the five continents. Surrounding the map is an interesting depiction of the heights of 74 mountains keyed to the table below. Texas is shown as independent, and some partial coastlines are mapped in Antarctica.

28		Planisphere		World Victor Levasseur		1845 A		$150.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 16 x 11.4 inches) This lovely map is presented on Mercator's projection and is surrounded by fine steel engravings including vignettes representing the four seasons, allegorical figures of the continents and several mythical figures, Adam and Eve as well as an astrological banner stretching across the night sky at the top. In North America, a very large Oregon Territory appears on the west coast stretching from Ca...

29		Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Cogniti Typus Geographicus		Ancient World Cluver/Jansson		1661 A		$120.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 8 x 6.3 inches) This is a reduced version of the classic map of the ancient world based on Ortelius. Europe, Asia, and Africa (as far south as Madagascar) are placed at the center of a much larger oval frame that continues to the Antarctic. The climatic zones are identified. The title is enclosed in a lovely strapwork panel at top.

30		Geografische Kaarte van de Oude Weereld Vogens de Verdeeling der Kinderen van Noach'		Ancient World Augustin Calmet		1725 A+		$250.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 17.5 x 13 inches) This classic map of the ancient world depicts Europe, Asia, and northern Africa with ancient place names. The prominent rococo-style cartouche and a large compass rose with fleur-de-lis adorn the elegant sheet.

31		Afbeeldinge der Oude Waereld; Benevens Derzelver Verdeling onder de Nakomelingen Noachs		Ancient World Willem Albert Bachiene		1749 A		$300.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 19.5 x 14.6 inches) An interesting and uncommon map of the 'Old World' showing the continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa divided among Noah's sons. The continental outlines are shown according to 18th century knowledge with interiors reflecting Ptolemaic models. The map includes a key in a drape-style cartouche and the title cartouche incorporates a large landscape showing the migrations setting out from the Tower...

32		Regionum Circum Polarium Lapponiae Islandiae et Groenlandiae Novae et Veteris Nova Descriptio Geographica		North Pole Scherer		1701 A		$650.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13.6 x 9 inches) This captivating map of the North Pole is a visual delight. The map itself presents typical cartography for the period, leaving open the possibility of both a northeast and northwest navigable passage to the Far East. The map is literally filled with images of sea monsters, whaling, hunting and exploration. The title cartouche is engraved onto a polar bear hide that is displayed by two hunters,...

33		A Map of the North Pole with all the Territories that lye near it, known to us & c'		North Pole Herman Moll		1725 A		$160.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 10.5 x 8 inches) This unusual map of the North Pole is a variant of the first state with the page number 364, the date removed, and no block of text in the lower right. Novaya Zemlya is correctly shown as an island facilitating a Northeast Passage to Asia. Above the Pole is "Parts Unknown" and three compass roses complete the composition.

34		A Correct Draught of the North Pole'		North Pole Emanuel Bowen		1748 A		$325.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 16.5 x 15.5 inches) A highly detailed map that shows the tracks of navigators in their numerous attempts to find a northern passage to the economic riches of Asia. The map shows great information on the hunt for the Northwest Passage via Hudson Bay. Much of Greenland and the western part of North America remain undiscovered. A decorative title cartouche obscures the unknown northwest coast. Panels of Engli...

35		Southern Hemisphere		South Pole William Faden		1775 B+		$550.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13.8 x 14.3 inches) This polar map shows the tracks of the Antarctic explorers Halley, de St. Alouarn, and Bouvet. The southern coast of Australia does not yet show the information from Cook's 1771 exploration. The continent is shown with Diemen's Land located on both the northern and southern coasts of Australia. The map extends to include the southern tip of Africa and most of South America.

36		[Lot of 2] Marine, Pavillons Suite de la Pl. XIX [and] Pl. XX		Cartographic Miscellany Denis Diderot		1730 A+		$300.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 8.2 x 13 inches) Handsome pair of copper engravings containing 73 hand-colored marine flags, some decorated with coats of arms. Drawn by Goussier, engraved by Benard. The Encyclopédie was published under the direction of Diderot with articles written by the most prominent philosophers of the time. These great minds collaborated in the goal of assembling and disseminating the fruits of accumulated knowledge and ...

37		[Lot of 2] Pontificum Romanorum Series Chronologica [and] Icon Synoptica Sac. Rom. Imp. Electorum, Ducum, Principum		Cartographic Miscellany Matthias Seutter		1730 C+		$350.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 19.5 x 22.8 inches) This lot contains two (of four) of the most interesting cartographic curiosities providing historical information in tabular form, both drawn by Johann Seutter. 1) Pontificum Romanorum Series Chronologica shows a massive figure of the Pope with his hand raised in benediction. His vestment is covered with a list of all of the popes from the 1st to the 17th century, each with a s...

38		Introduction a la Geographie		Cartographic Miscellany Brion de la Tour/Martinet		1766 A		$150.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 20.5 x 14.3 inches) An exquisite armillary sphere depicting the solar system surrounded with the signs of the zodiac. The sphere sits atop an elaborate rococo base garlanded with flowers. Panels of descriptive French text flank the chart, and are then surrounded in a decorative border that was printed from a separate plate. Drawn and engraved by Martinet with his imprint at the base of the sphere.

39		Demonstrations Geometriques, des Spheres Droite, Paralelle, et Oblique		Cartographic Miscellany Louis Brion de la Tour		1780 A		$60.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12.3 x 10.8 inches) This interesting, decorative chart is centered on an elaborate wind rose with astronomical diagrams. The diagrams are enclosed in an elaborate rococo border that was printed from a separate copper plate.

40		[Lot of 2] A Comparative View of Waterfalls, Islands, Lakes, Rivers and Mountains in the Western Hemisphere [and] A Comparative View of Waterfalls, Islands, Lakes, Rivers and Mountains in the Eastern Hemisphere.		Cartographic Miscellany John Tallis		1851 A		$210.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 9.5 x 14 inches) A charming pair of thematic maps showing the major topographical landmarks of both hemispheres grouped together for easy reference in a well-designed composition, designed and engraved by John Rapkin. The waterfalls are located at the top, the islands and lakes are located in the middle, and the rivers and mountains are grouped at the bottom. A finely wrought border surrounds the maps.

41		Planisphaerium Coeleste Secundam Restitutionem Hevelianam et Hallejanem		Celestial Georg Christoph Eimmart		1705 B+		$2,000.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 22.5 x 19 inches) This is a scarce map drawn by Eimmart and published by David Funcke. The finely engraved twin hemisphere celestial map is based on the work of Hevelius. Across the top are circular diagrams illustrating the cosmography of Tycho Brahe, the Ptolemaic planetary system, and the relation between the moon and the tides. At bottom are diagrams showing the phases of the moon, the Copernican planetary s...

42		[Lot of 3] Ephemerides Motuum Coelestium Geometricae' [with] Phaenomena Motuum Irregularium quos Planetae Inferiores Venus et Mercurius [and] Systema Solare et Planetarium'		Celestial Doppelmayr/Homann		1742 C+		$350.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 22.5 x 19 inches) Johann Dopplemayer was a professor of mathematics in Nuremberg. Johann Baptist Homann, a former monk who became a map engraver, produced Doppelmayer's celestial maps. They were included in the Atlas Coelestis as well as other atlases published by Homann. 1) Ephemerides Motuum Coelestium Geometricae... is a great astronomical chart that portrays the motions of the pl...

43		Le Globe Celeste en Deux Plans Hemispheres		Celestial Le Rouge		1748 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 10.7 x 8 inches) Charming double hemisphere celestial map based on the observations of Philippe de la Hire, a famous French astronomer whose work was often published by Nicolas de Fer. La Hire was one of the first to present the full celestial skies in a double hemisphere format. The twin hemispheres feature the allegorical representations of the constellations. Above and below are numerous small diagrams of th...

44		Planisphaerium Coeleste		Celestial Tobias Conrad Lotter		1772 A		$850.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 22.5 x 18.7 inches) This graphic twin hemisphere chart of the heavens follows the Hevelius style with the design taken from Eimmart and Schenk. Six circular diagrams surround the planispheres: Tychonic model of the planetary system, Ptolemaic solar system, relationship of the moon and the tides, annual illumination of the earth by the sun, Copernican theory of the planetary system, and monthly illumination of the m...

45		[Lot of 5] Geographie Moderne, Historique et Politique		Celestial Louis Charles Desnos		1780 B		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 10 x 8.6 inches) This group of maps illustrates the movement of the planets, earth and stars, with text panels pasted at sides for an overall sheet size of (18.8 x 11"). 1) Sphere Droite / Sphere Parallele depicts a pair of armillary spheres on ornate bases showing the movement of the stars, with the Earth at center. 2) Le Systeme de Ptolemee / Le Systeme de Ticho-Brahe / Le System...

46		Julius - Vorstellung einer Gegend des Gestirnten Himmels von Osten nach Norden		Celestial Johann Elert Bode		1790 A+		$80.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 8 x 6.2 inches) A well-engraved view of the constellations of the northern sky in July, including Andromeda, Perseus, and even a constellation named for the famous astronomer and contemporary of Bode, Charles Messier. Johann Elert Bode, a self-taught astronomer, served as director of the astronomical observatory of the Berlin Academy of Science for nearly 40 years. He edited the Astonomisches Jahrbuch ev...

47		Astronomie Pl. 3		Celestial Denis Diderot		1790 B+		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13.4 x 9 inches) Interesting sheet containing several engravings including a large celestial chart of the southern sky showing the allegorical representations of the constellations. Also included are a depiction of a celestial globe, diagrams of the various solar system theories, and a chart showing how distance is measured according to the parallels. The celestial chart shows the observation of Abbe Nicolas Lou...

48		Astronomie Pl. 2		Celestial Denis Diderot		1790 B+		$150.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 14.3 x 9 inches) This plate features twin celestial hemispheres displaying the constellations in allegorical form. The map is copied from Pierre-Charles le Monnier's maps of 1743. In 1736-37 Le Monnier participated in an expedition to Lapland to measure the length of a degree of terrestrial latitude near the north pole. In commemoration of this work, he grouped some circumpolar stars into the new constellation ...

49		Astronomie Pl. 13 - Figure de la Lune par Mr. de la Lande l'An 1772		Celestial - Moon Denis Diderot		1790 A		$80.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 6.3 x 8.8 inches) This is an interesting chart of the moon per Jerome Lelande, the famous French astronomer who succeeded Delisle as chair of astronomy in the College de France. The Encyclopédie was published under the direction of Diderot with articles written by the most prominent philosophers of the time. These great minds collaborated in the goal of assembling and disseminating the fruits of accumulated knowl...

50		[Lot of 3] Plate XVIII [and] XVII [and] XVI		Celestial Johann Elert Bode		1805 A		$210.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 9 x 7 inches) These three nice celestial charts center on the zodiac constellations Virgo (Jungfrau), Leo (Lowe) and Cancer (Krebs) with other adjacent constellations also named. Johann Elert Bode, a self-taught astronomer, served as director of the astronomical observatory of the Berlin Academy of Science for nearly 40 years. He edited the Astonomisches Jahrbuch every year from 1774 to 1826, and publi...

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