Doppelmayr, Atlas coelestis; Homann, Atlas compendarius, Nuremberg, 1742-1753, half calf

Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr and Homann's heirs

A celestial atlas and a terrestrial atlas in one volume, both printed by Homann's heirs, comprising:

DOPPELMAYR. Atlas coelestis in quo mundus spectabilis et in eodem stellarum omnium phoenomena notabilia, circa ipsarum lumen, figuram, faciem, motum, eclipses… secundum Nic. Copernici et ex parte Tychonis de Brahe, hipothesin… graphice descripta exhibentur. Nuremberg: heirs of Homann, 1742, engraved (lettered) title-page, additional engraved (pictorial) title-page, engraved list of plates, 30 engraved plates with outline colour or colour washes

Atlas compendarius quinquaginta tabularum geographicarum Homannianarum alias in Atlante majori contentarum. Nuremberg: heirs of Homann, 1752, engraved caption-title with list of plates (in Latin and German), double-page "Schemata geographicae mathematicae" (dated 1753), 50 double-page engraved maps with outline colour and/or body colour, plus two later maps of the Low Countries (Venice, 1799), relating to the present war, lacking the "Introductio geographicae" plate

2 works in one volume, large folio (542 x 315mm.), contemporary calf-backed marbled paper boards, spine gilt in compartments, a few plates with small repairs or stains, joints somewhat rubbed, spine chipped at foot

Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677-1750), a mathematician from Nuremberg, wrote several astronomical and scientific works, but this is his most renowned publication, an atlas of the heavens. He collaborated with the Homann publishing firm regularly and some of the plates had previously appeared in various Homann atlases.

Later editions were produced with additional plates and a reprinted title-page, similar in appearance but with red and black text ("Atlas novus coelestis") and an engraved vignette, which however retained the original publication date of 1748. This copy has the original engraved title-page.