Lot 142
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Doppelmayr, Johannes Gabriel (1677-1750).

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  • Doppelmayr, Johannes Gabriel (1677-1750).
Atlas novus coelestis in quo mundus spectabilis, et in eodem tam errantium quam inerrantium stellarum phoenomena notabilia, circa ipsarum lumen, figuram, faciem, motum, eclipses…. secundum Nic. Copernici, et ex parte Tychonis de Brahe, hypothesin… descripta exhibentur. Nuremberg: heirs of Homann, 1742

Catalogue Note

Doppelmayr, an acclaimed astronomer, was born in Nuremberg in 1671. He was a member of the Royal Society of London and the Academies of Berlin, Vienna and St Petersburg. He visited astronomers in many countries, and hence in addition to the star charts and selenographic map, the atlas includes "diagrams illustrating the planetary systems of Copernicus, Tycho, and Riccioli; the ecliptic theories of Kepler, Boulliau, Seth Ward and Mercator; the lunar theories of Tycho, Horrocks and Newton, and Halley's cometary theory'' (DSB).