Lot 16
  • 16

Cellarius, Andreas

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

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Coeli Stellati Christiani Haemisphaerium prius. [Amsterdam: Jan Janson, 1660]

Engraved double-page map, (17 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.; 445 x 515 mm, sight), hand-colored. Matted, glazed, and framed.

Literature

Koeman IV, Cel 1 (22)

Condition


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Catalogue Note

A view of the night sky with constellations transformed into Christian imagery based on Julius Schiller's Coelum Stellatum Christianum (Augsburg: 1627), extending on the celestial equator from 90 to 270 degrees.