- 3135
Doppelmayr, Johannes Gabriel (1677-1750).
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Description
- 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
folio (570 x 355mm.), [4 (title-page, index)] pp., title-page printed in red and black, illustration: engraved allegorical additional title (plain), engraved vignette on title, 30 double-page engraved celestial charts and diagrams, some incorporating miniature world maps or spandrel illustrations of astronomical observatories, contemporary hand colour, binding: contemporary calf-backed boards, uncut, occasional marginal discolouration, one or two small marginal tears
Catalogue Note
Doppelmayr, an acclaimed astronomer, was born in Nuremberg in 1677. 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).