Archived Record - Auction Closed!! Auction #102, closed March, 2003

Lot Number: Title: Period: Cartographer: Subject: Size: Hammer Price: Description:

54 No. S Horologium Horizontale Signa Zodiaci Ascendentia ec, Cotinens ad Latitud. XLVIII Gr XXIIII Scr. 1610 Franz Ritter Cartographic Miscellany 14.5" x 11.5" $750.00 Franz Ritter was a German mathematician and astronomer whose works are extremely rare. This beautiful engraving is a horological diagram remarkable for the elaborately engraved decorative border. At top is a large cartouche and at bottom is compass rose. A very rare and unusual cartographic curiosity.