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1 Beschryvinge van de gantsche Custe van Guinea/Manicongo/Angola/Monomotapa' Title Pages Van Linschoten 1644 A+   $180.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.5 x 11.4 inches) This lovely title page is centered on a beautifully rendered sailing ship in an elaborate strapwork cartouche that contains four views of major cities in the Dutch trading empire: Antwerp, Amsterdam, Middelburg and Enkhuizen. Linschoten was an important Dutch explorer. The valuable sailing instructions that he managed to acquire from the secret Portuguese archives helped launch the Dutch tradin...

2 Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas, Mis en lumiere par Guillaume & Iean Blaeu. La Seconde partie de la Premiere Title Pages Blaeu Family 1647 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.6 x 12.7 inches) This title page from Blaeu's great atlas is presented in the architectural format. A knight in full armor and a nun flank the title. At the top are two maidens displaying coats of arms, and the allegorical figure of Mars with his ferocious hounds. The French title and imprint are pasted onto the engraved framework, as was customary with title pages.

3 Novum ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium Belgicae Foederatae Title Pages Johannes Blaeu 1650 A   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.8 x 16 inches) This title page is from Blaeu's great town book of the Netherlands. This sheet introduced the volume devoted to the northern or free part of the Netherlands or United Provinces. At top, under bright sun rays, two royal lions support a crowned armorial shield with the same lion emblem triumphantly waving a sword in one paw and a bunch of arrows in the other. To the left of the title are t...

4 The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. Presenting an Exact Geography of the Kingdomes of England Scotland and Ireland and the Isles Adjoyning' Title Pages John Speed 1676 A   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.5 x 14.7 inches) Superb title page from this prestigious English atlas. The title is presented in an elaborate architectural framework with alcoves featuring a native Britain at top flanked with the figures of four invaders - a Roman, Saxon, Dane, and Norman. The sheet was beautifully engraved by R. White for the Bassett and Chiswell edition.

5 Atlas Historique Tome II Title Pages Henry Abraham Chatelain 1720 A   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.2 x 15.2 inches) The frontispiece from the second volume of Chatelain's historical atlas was designed to convey to the reader that the work was based on the classics; thus it is filled with mythical figures. Seated on the plinth at center is the allegorical figure of Truth gazing into her mirror at the past and assisting a scholar to record historical events. Above her sits Zeus identified by his attributes of a...

6 Atlas Universel par Robert Geographe Title Pages Robert de Vaugondy/Delamarche 1792 A   $240.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.8 x 18.8 inches) This title page typifies the flourishing baroque and rococo style of French design and engraving that gained popularity in the latter part of the 18th century. The title is enclosed by scenes including four queens representing the continents. At lower right is Minerva who stands for Europe and wisdom. On the left are Asia, with her attribute the camel, and Africa holding an elephant tusk and ri...

7 Atlas National Illustre des 86 Departments et des Possessions de la France' Title Pages Victor Levasseur 1847 B   $75.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16 x 11.5 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...

8 Ferdinand Magellanus Portraits Montanus/Ogilby 1671 B+   $85.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6.5 x 11 inches) A strongly engraved portrait of the first circumnavigator, enclosed in an elaborately engraved cartouche-like frame.

9 [Lot of 2] Gerardus Mercator [and] Petrus Plancius Portraits J. Buys/R. Vinkeles 1790-91 A+   $170.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 3.5 x 5.8 inches) Matched pair of copper engravings of the famous cartographers from a Dutch dictionary. The oval portraits are surrounded in a handsomely engraved frame with title below.

10 [Lot of 5] Mappe-Monde ou Carte Generale de la Terre [and] L'Amerique, Meridionale et Septentrionale [and] L'Afrique [and] L'Asie [and] L'Europe World & Continents Nicholas de Fer 1717 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 9 inches) This appealing matched set of maps reflects several geographical myths that were prevalent at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Each is richly embellished with title, scale and dedication (to the Children of France) cartouches. The maps originally appeared in De Fer's L'Atlas Curieux in 1700. The maps in this set are from the third state of the plates with the date changed in the ...

11 Discorso Intorno alla Carta da Navigare World Tomaso Porcacchi 1590 A+   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5.5 x 4 inches) This nautical world map, engraved by Girolamo Porro, was one of two world maps included in Porcacchi's popular pocket-sized atlas. It covers most of the world, excluding far eastern Asia and the western coast of North America; thus alluding to a connection between the two. The Terra Incognita landmass dominates the bottom of the map. The handsome map is filled with rhumb lines and the se...

12 Typus Orbis Terrarum World Mercator/Hondius 1607 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.8 x 5.3 inches) Hondius' reduced version of Mercator's famous world map includes several updates. Terra Australis Incognita fills the Southern Hemisphere and connects to New Guinea in the region of Australia. Mercator's Northwest Passage and interesting polar islands have been replaced with a non-descript landmass. The eastern coast of Asia has been revised to include a Korean Peninsula. The map is ric...

13 Untitled [World] World Theodore de Bry 1619 A   $700.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.2 x 6.6 inches) This is De Bry's version of Willem Schouten's map showing his voyage around the world in 1615-17. This expedition discovered Le Maire Strait and a new route around South America to the Pacific and the important Spice Islands. The simple double hemisphere depicts the vessel's tracks with the continents shown in outline only. Above the map are two, head-and-shoulder, portraits of Ferdinand Magell...

14 Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula World Henricus Hondius 1630 B   $4,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.2 x 15 inches) Henricus Hondius created this baroque-style world map when he updated the Mercator Atlas in response to competition from the Blaeu publishing firm. The map features hemispheres surrounded by voluptuous representations of the four elements: Fire by Apollo driving the Sun's chariot across the sky; Aeros, the goddess of Air, surrounded by clouds and birds; Mother Earth, surrounded by animals...

15 Nouvelle et Exacte Description de la Terre Universelle World Jean Boisseau 1646 A+   $4,750.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.5 x 14.8 inches) Jean Boisseau's world map marked a major change in cartographic style from the baroque to the more restrained style that gained popularity at the end of seventeen century. The customary allegorical and classical scenes surrounding the map have been replaced with more scientific features. There are two celestial spheres, compass roses displaying the compass points and wind names, panels of text w...

16 Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula World Matthaus Merian 1646 A   $950.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 9.7 inches) This beautifully engraved world map is presented on Mercator's projection with cartography closely copied from Blaeu's world map of 1606. The Latin title is printed at top, outside the neatline. A German gothic script title and notation concerning the discovery of the Americas in 1492 covers the unknown interior of North America. California is a peninsula, and plenty of open ended waterways in ...

17 Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita per N. Visscher World Nicolas Visscher 1677 B+   $1,200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.5 x 12 inches) This superb double hemisphere world map is 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 northwest coast of N...

18 Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula World Justus Danckerts 1680 B+   $4,250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21.6 x 18.6 inches) This is Danckerts' version of De Wit's splendid maritime world map. The cartographic features include the island of California and open-ended Great Lakes on the Sanson model in North America. A remnant of Lake Parima is still shown in South America. In Africa, the Nile still rises from twin lakes and the interior is mostly guesswork. In Asia, Australia is represented only by the northe...

19 Algemeene Wereldtkaart van den Aardkloot World Jans Luyts 1700 A   $400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.2 x 8 inches) A double hemisphere map beautifully decorated with clouds at top and allegorical representations of the continents at bottom. California is shown as an island, Terre de Iesso stretches between Asia and North America, there is a bit of Nouvelle Zeelande that connects to the coastline of the mythical Terre Magellanique, and Australia is only partly mapped. The cartograp...

20 Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita World Daniel Stoopendaal 1714 A+   $1,100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18 x 14 inches) This decorative double hemisphere world map was issued in a Dutch Bible published by the Keur family. It is based on Visscher's Bible map of 1663 and is surrounded by nearly identical engravings, which include 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 s...

21 Nova Delineatio Totius Orbis Terrarum Per Petrum Vander Aa - Niewe Werelt Caart World Pieter van der Aa 1720 A   $1,300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 10 inches) Originally published by Jacob van Meurs in 1660, and reissued here by Van der Aa, this map is based on Arnold Colom's wonderfully graphic map from the first world maritime atlas. California is an island, separated from Nova Albion, which stretches towards Asia and off the map. The western coast of New Zealand appears, as do several other important Pacific islands. Australia is par...

22 Planiglobii Terrestris Cum Utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti Generalis Repraesentatio World Johann Baptist Homann 1730 B+   $1,600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.3 x 18.8 inches) The hemispheres of this very decorative world map 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 America, labeled Terra Esonis, a...

23 Werelt Caert World Daniel Stoopendaal 1730 B+   $900.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18 x 11.8 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...

24 Diversi Globi Terr-Aquei Statione Variante et Visu Intercedente per Coluros Tropicorum per Ambos Polos' World Matthias Seutter 1735 A   $2,300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 19.7 inches) This is one of the most graphic 18th century world maps. The bold engraving style follows Carel Allard's map of 1696 with the central twin hemisphere map surrounded by several smaller maps on various projections. The island of California is depicted five times on the sheet. In Asia, Japan is shown in a bizarre shape that incorporates a huge Terra Yedso (Hokkaido). The coastlines ...

25 Basis Geographiae Recentioris Astronomica World Doppelmayr/Homann 1742 A   $750.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.6 x 19 inches) Dopplemayr's scarce world map is a unique combination of scientific and decorative cartography. The map is based on co-ordinates established for 142 places, which are shown in the tables above and below the double hemisphere map. The continents are shown in outline form without political detail. In North America California is an island, and there is a hint of a possible Northwest Passage...

26 Welt Charten, Worauf die Reife nach Indien World Johann Wolfgang Heydt 1744 B+   $475.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.4 x 8.6 inches) This scarce, double hemisphere world map presents some unusual geography. In North America, California appears as an enlarged peninsula, the St. Laurence River and Great Lakes appear as a long inland sea, and the Longue R. connects the Missouri River with the Gulf of California. The Eastern Hemisphere is not as distorted, owing to Heydt's work with the Dutch East India Company. The Dutch...

27 Essay d'une Carte Reduite Contenant Les Parties Connues Du Globe Terrestre World Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1748 B+   $650.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27.3 x 19.5 inches) This very large and attractive world chart is drawn on Mercator's projection. North America is shown with a prominent River of the West connecting through a series of rivers and lakes from Lake Superior to the Pacific - representing the elusive search for a Northwest Passage. The Russian discoveries in the North Pacific are shown with Alaska depicted as an island named I. Unamak. ...

28 Globus Terrestris ex Probatissimis Recentiorum Geographorum Observationibus' World Johann Georg Schreiber 1750 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.6 x 6.5 inches) This charming twin hemisphere map is surrounded by engravings of the heavens and natural phenomena such as waterspouts, a rainbow, earthquakes, and a volcano. The map shows a typical 18th century geographical view with an incorrect northwest coastline in North America, labeled Terra Esonis, and partial coastlines for Australia and New Zealand. Nestled between the hemispheres are two depic...

29 Neue Welt-Karte Welche auf Zwoo Kugelflaechen die Haupt-Theile der Erde' World Homann Heirs 1784 B   $650.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22 x 18.6 inches) This interesting world map presents some curious cartography, given the date of the map. The Great Lakes are shown as one huge body of water and California is strangely shaped with the Baja nearly appearing as an island. Australia includes several place names on the eastern coast, which resulted from Cook's discoveries in 1770. However, Van Diemens Land is still shown connected to the ma...

30 Carte Reduite des Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dressee au Depost des Cartes Plans et Journaux de la Marine pour le Service des Vaisseaux Francais' World Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1784 A+   $850.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 32.3 x 21.3 inches) This is an updated version of Bellin's large-scale chart of the world on Mercator's projection, which was first published in 1755. The northwest coast of North America, and the opposite coast of Asia, have been revised using information from Cook's voyages and Alaska appears in a rudimentary shape. Gone is the spurious river/lake network that provided a possible Northwest Passage. But there are...

31 Mappemonde Historique World Paul Renouard 1820 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.7 x 18.7 inches) This thematic map is very representative of the new style of maps at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The mapmaker discarded all decorative elements in favor of extensive explanation notes, both within the map and in the lengthy text below the chart. It is also unusual for its placement of the western hemisphere on the right. It was engraved by Alexander Moisy.

32 [Ancient World - Macrobii Avrelii Theodosii Viri'] Ancient World Ambrosius Aurelius T Macrobius 1527 A   $1,600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4 x 7 inches) This work, written by Ambrosius Macrobius, is a commentary on Cicero's Dream of Scipio. It includes a rare woodcut map of the world illustrating Cicero's interesting theories. This diagrammatic map (3.1 x 3.1") shows two distinct regions of the earth. The inhabited Afro-Eurasian continent was balanced by an unknown, and relatively equal, landmass (Temperata Antipodunobis Incognita) on th...

33 Die gantze Welt in ein Kleberblat / Welches ist der stadt Hanover / meines lieben Vaterlandes / Wapen Ancient World Heinrich Bunting 1581 A   $5,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.2 x 10.3 inches) This fanciful map of the Old World was drawn to represent the Trinity. The three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa are arranged in the form of a clover leaf with Jerusalem at the center. Three landmasses lie outside the trefoil: England and part of Scandinavia above, and in the lower left corner a portion of the New World (Die Newe Welt) appears. The woodblock map is be...

34 Ptolemeisch General Tafel die Halbe Kugel der Welt Begreiffende Ancient World Munster/Petri 1592 B+   $1,600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.3 x 12.2 inches) This striking woodblock Ptolemaic map was redrawn for the later issues of Munster's Cosmographia and Geographia. The traditional classical world is surrounded by clouds and eleven wind-heads (their Latin names in banners). The continents are oddly shaped and all connected to the great southern continent, Terra incognito secundum Ptolemaeum. There is a very large Toproban...

35 La Terre Connue lorsque l'Evangile sut Publie Ancient World Anonymous 1700 A   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.3 x 12.3 inches) This uncommon map illustrates those parts of the world that were known in ancient times; covering all of Europe, Northern Africa and Central Asia. The ancient regions and cities are named and there is little other detail. The cartography is up-to-date, rather than on the Ptolemaic model. Inset opposite of the title cartouche is a double hemisphere world showing the contemporary knowledge of the...

36 Orbis Veteribus Notus Ancient World Antonio Zatta 1785 A   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 17.5 x 13.2 inches) This Italian produced map shows the world as it was known in classical times, with the addition of up-to-date place names. The Nile River is shown with its Ptolemaic source in the Lunae Montes, which is located above the equator in addition to its correct source. Large inset at upper right includes India and Taprobana, extending to include South East Asia and most of Sumatra.

37 Les Deux Poles Arcticque ou Septentrional, et Antarctique ou Meridional' Polar Nicolas Sanson 1679 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21 x 15.2 inches) This map is focused on the north and south poles and illustrates the extent of exploration in the regions. In the Northern Hemisphere, Greenland is depicted attached to the American continent, and three large islands comprise the Canadian Arctic. It is hinted that Terre de Yezo, ou Iesso takes up the entire North Pacific region between Buttons Bay and East Asia. In the Southern Hemisphe...

38 Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio North Pole Mercator/Hondius 1606 A   $4,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15.4 x 14.4 inches) This influential map was the first separately printed map devoted to the Arctic. The hemisphere is surrounded by a floral design with four roundels in each corner. These contain the title, the Faeroe Isles, the Shetland Isles, and the mythical island of Frisland. The North Pole is shown according to legend as a large rock in a giant whirlpool and surrounded by four islands separated by r...

39 Septentrionalium Terrarum descript. North Pole Jan Jansson 1630 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8 x 5.7 inches) Jansson's map for the Mercator Atlas Minor does not follow Mercator, but used the knowledge of the many recent exploratory voyages that attempted to locate a northern route to Asia. Several fictitious islands, including Frisland, appear in the North Atlantic. It is decorated with a strapwork title cartouche. French text on the verso.

40 Nova et Accurata Poli Arctici et terrarum Circum Iacentium Descriptio North Pole Jan Jansson 1647 A   $650.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 21 x 16 inches) This beautiful map, originally published in 1637, eventually replaced Hondius' map of the North Pole and became the prototype for many later maps including those of Blaeu. This map incorporates the discoveries made by Captain Thomas James along the southern and western shores of Hudson Bay in 1631-2. The delineation on Russia's Arctic coast is derived from the information from Willem Barents' exp...

41 A Map of the Icy Sea in which the several Communications with the Land Waters and other new Discoveries are exhibited North Pole John Gibson 1760 A+   $170.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.8 x 7.8 inches) This fascinating map, based on the work of Jean Palairet, depicts the Northern Hemisphere and the Icy Great North Sea surrounding the North Pole. It shows the West Sea and other myths in the Northwest part of North America, and notes that a Dutch ship reached 80° north latitude in 1670. Contrary to custom, Europe is located at left with America on the right. The course of the imag...

42 Chart of the Antarctic Polar Circle, with the Countries adjoining, according to the New Hypothesis of M. Buache South Pole Philip Buache 1763 B+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.8 x 7.7 inches) This circular polar projection includes part of southern South America, South Africa and all of Australia (with Tasmania and New Guinea shown attached to the mainland). The large Antarctic continent has a connected New Zealand which is depicted as a single land mass rather than two islands. Within the continent is a huge reservoir as well as many interesting place names including Land yet Undisc...

43 Haemisphaerium Stellatum Australe Aequali Sphaerarum Proportione Celestial Andreas Cellarius 1661 A+   $4,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20.2 x 17 inches) This is one of the finest celestial charts from the golden age of Dutch cartography. The map presents the constellations of the southern sky superimposed on a terrestrial map of the Americas; thus giving the effect that the stellar system is viewed from space. The terrestrial map shows North America as far as the island of California and Chesapeake Bay. The constellations are presented i...

44 Planisfero del Globo Celeste Celestial Paolo Petrini 1700 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22 x 15.5 inches) This rare chart is based on the work of the Italian astronomer Francesco Brunacci. The constellations are presented in their allegorical form and include the new ones from Keyser and Houtman in the southern sky. The sun and moon are tucked into the cusps of the hemispheres with Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and Venus depicted in the corners. At bottom a panel of Italian text contains Brunacci's descrip...

45 Coeli Stellati Christiani Haemisphaerium Prius Celestial Cellarius/Schenk & Valck 1708 B+   $1,600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20 x 17 inches) This stunning and uncommon celestial chart presents the constellations according to Christian symbolism. It is based on the work of the early 17th century astronomer, Julius Schiller, who sought to replace the traditional pagan symbols with ones derived from Judeo-Christian sources. Specifically, Schiller replaced the zodiacal constellations with the twelve apostles, the constellations north of ...

46 Planisphaerium Coeleste Celestial Matthias Seutter 1745 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.5 x 19.5 inches) Magnificent double hemisphere celestial chart showing the northern and southern sky with constellations in allegorical form derived from Hevelius. A diagram in the upper left corner represents day and night on the earth with quotations from Genesis. The diagram at upper right shows the monthly orbit and illumination of the moon. The five diagrams along the bottom represent the monthly orbit and...

47 Planisphere Celeste Meridional par Monsr. de la Hire' Celestial Philippe de La Hire/N. de Fer 1775 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.3 x 18.5 inches) This dramatic chart of the southern sky is filled with the constellations of Orion, Gemini, Centaurus, the Phoenix, the Southern Cross and the Milky Way among others. It is centered on the ecliptic pole using a polar equidistant projection with geocentric orientation. It includes the non-Ptolemaic constellations: La Colombe, La Cruzero and the twelve introduced by Keyser & Houtman. The four co...

48 Theoria Trium Superiorum Planetarum Solar System Cellarius/Schenk & Valck 1708 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.8 x 17 inches) This interesting celestial chart represents the motions of the three superior planets (Mars, Jupiter & Saturn). Numerous putti and birds hover in the surrounding cloud background and support the title banners. Engraved by Joannes van Loon.

49 Haemisphaeria Sphaerarum Rectae et Obliquae Utriusque Motus et Longitudines tam Coelestes Quam Terrestres ac Stellarum Affectiones Monsrantia Solar System Cellarius/Schenk & Valck 1708 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19.5 x 16.8 inches) This complex chart illustrates the motions of both the upright sphere (the equatorial co-ordinate system) and the oblique sphere (the ecliptic co-ordinate system); the celestial and terrestrial longitudes; and the influences of the stars. The dramatic cloud background is filled with putti and celestial figures.

50 Systema Solare et Planetarium ex hypothesi Copernicana secundum elegantissimas Illustrissimi quondam Hugenii deductiones novissime collectum & exhibitum Solar System Doppelmayr/Homann 1720 A   $850.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 22.3 x 19 inches) Superb chart showing the motion of the planets according to the Copernican model with its dimensions according to the Cosmotheoros of Christiaan Huygens. The chart is centered on the spectacular representation of a sun-burst encompassing the solar system with the planets and their moons orbiting around the sun. Allegorical zodiac figures encircling the diagram represent the rest of the universe...

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