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Auction 182, Lot 49

"Schema Corporis Solaris, Prout ab Auctore et P. Scheinero. Romae Anno 1635 Observatum Suit", Kircher, Athanasius

Subject: Sun

Period: 1682 (published)

Publication: D'Onder-Aardse Weereld

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16.1 x 14.3 inches
40.9 x 36.3 cm
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This stunning engraving is an early view of the sun shown with solar flares and surface eruptions based on the observations of Kircher and Christoph Scheiner in 1635. Kircher's masterpiece, titled Mundus subterraneus (The Underground World) was the first serious effort to describe the physical makeup of the earth, proposing theories (sometimes fantastic) in the areas of physics, geography, geology, and chemistry. Published in a Dutch edition of Kircher's famous Subterranean World by Johann Waesberger.

References: De Vorsey (Mercator's World) Vol. 8 No. 2, pp. 28-31.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with light toning along the edgers of the sheet. Narrow margins at top and bottom, as issued.

Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800

Sold for: $1,100

Closed on 4/28/2021

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