A Most Striking Constellation Chart
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Modern Northern Stars. CELLARIUS, A
[Amsterdam, 1660] Haemisphaerium Stellatum Boreale Cum Subiecto Haemisphaerio Terrestri...
17 x 20 1/4 inches. Superb original color, heightened with gold; bottom of centerfold reinforced, else excellent.
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The Astronomy of Personality
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Astrology. A. Cellarius
[Amsterdam, 1660] Typus Aspectuum, Oppositionum Et Coniunctionum Etz In Planetis.
17 x 20 3/8 inches. Fine hand color; excellent.
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The Compromise Solar System
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Brahe Solar System. CELLARIUS, A.
[Amsterdam, 1660] Scenographia Compagis Mundanae Brahea.
17 x 20 inches. Fine hand color heightened with gold; excellent.
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The Largest & Finest Celestial Globe Gores of the 17th Century On Uncut Sheets Intended for the Construction of a Globe
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Celestial Globe Gores. CORONELLI, Vincenzo/ NOLIN, Jean Baptiste/ DEUVEZ, Arnoldus.
[Paris, 1693] Orbis Coelestis Typus Opus a P. Coronelli Min. Convent. Serenissimaeque Reipub. Venetae Cosmographo Inchoatum Societatis. Gallicae Sumptibus absolutum Lutetiae Parisiorum. Anno R.S. MDCXCIII [1693]... Sculp. I. B. Nolin Reg. Chr. Calcographus.
24 globe gores, each printed on a single large folio sheet with deckled edges, housed in two, linen-covered, clamshell boxes with blue morocco labels; sheets with watermarks of a maltese cross encircled by a chain from which is suspended smaller cross; each gore measures 11 inches at base & 25 inches in height; lacking calottes. Manuscript annotations in an early hand, in Italian, indicating placement of gores when mounted on globe; fine condition with firm impression.
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