Fine Arts · Lot 5497

[Celestial charts]. "Systema Solare et Planetarium

ex hypothesi Copernicana secundum elegantissimas Illustrissimi quondam Hugenii deductiones novissime collectum & exhibitum". Partly handcol. engr. map of the solarsystem, 48,5x57,5 cm., Nuremberg, J.B. Homann, (±1740).

Lot
5497
Estimation
300 € – 500 €
Adjugé
400 €
Photos
1 photo

État

Trifle yellowed; blank margins sl. chipped (strengthened along margins on verso).

Remarques

Nice map depicting the circular solarsystem (Ø 44 cm.) according to Copernicus and Constantijn Huygens, with the signs of the zodiac, and with a large cartouche with additional information in each corner.