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Cellarius, Andreas
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description
Harmonia macrocosmica seu atlas universalis et novus. Amsterdam: Pieter Schenk & Gerard Valk, 1708
Folio (20¼ x 12⅜ in.; 514 x 315 mm). Two identical letterpress titles printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, plate list bound between letterpress titles, engraved allegorical title by F.H. van Hoven, 29 double-page engraved cosmographical charts colored in a contemporary hand without text; all maps guarded with a few small mended fold-tears or edge-tears (map 9), marginal soiling and occasional spotting. Contemporary sheep blind-ruled in a panel design; rebacked, worn.
Folio (20¼ x 12⅜ in.; 514 x 315 mm). Two identical letterpress titles printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, plate list bound between letterpress titles, engraved allegorical title by F.H. van Hoven, 29 double-page engraved cosmographical charts colored in a contemporary hand without text; all maps guarded with a few small mended fold-tears or edge-tears (map 9), marginal soiling and occasional spotting. Contemporary sheep blind-ruled in a panel design; rebacked, worn.
Literature
Brown, Astronomical Atlases, pp. 40-41; Koeman IV, Cel 3
Catalogue Note
Second edition, with beautifully handcolored charts.