Lotto 5555

[Celestial charts]. "Systema Solare et Planetarium

ex hypothesi Copernicana secundum elegantissimas Illustrissimi quondam Hugenii deductiones novissime collectum & exhibitum". Engraved map of the solarsystem, partly handcol., 48,5x57,5 cm., Nuremberg, J.B. Homann, (±1740), numb. "2" in the plate.

Lotto: 5555
Asta: Auction 80, 13-17 May 2024
Sezione: FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
Stima: 300 € – 500 €
Aggiudicato: 300 €
Foto: 1 foto

Condizioni

A few tears in image closed on verso (one tear ±12 cm.); a few marginal tears (mainly in blank margin).

Note

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.