Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel

Large oblong folio (535 x 620mm.), engraved allegorical additional title-page (plain), letterpress title-page with engraved vignette, index leaf (all mounted to size), 30 double-page engraved celestial charts and diagrams, some incorporating miniature world maps with spandrel illustrations of astronomical observations, bound with other engraved maps and tables published by Homann's Heirs (see footnote), all edge bound, contemporary half calf, some maps split, some staining, spine slightly worn

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Doppelmayr collaborated with Germany's leading map publisher Johann Baptist Homann on both the terrestrial and celestial maps included in this atlas. 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).

Bound in this volume is an interesting compilation of works by Homann's Heirs, including: maps of the eclipse of 1748; Tabula chronologicae pro illustration in 3 parts (parts I and II: Historiae universalis politicae, engraved title-sheet, 8 sheets with engraved and hand-coloured tables; part III: Atlantis Historici Hasiani Sectio III, engraved title-sheet and 28 maps on 9 sheets); Schema I-VII ( 7 maps each with an engraved table); a set of the four continents for a Polyglot World; and Vorstellung der Grundisse von den jenigen Weltberühmten Staedten (14 plans and maps, 2 to a page).