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Lot 2131 |
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Bailly: Northern and Southern Hemispheres. 1781. Paris, likely published as part of J.S. Bailly's Historie de l'Astronomie Ancienne. 8¼ x 11½".Beautiful color accents these allegorical images, with each constellation labeled (Dove, Great Bear, Milky Way, etc.).
Pencil ID at bottom recto; very minor toning to edges. Fine condition.
Estimated Value $400 - 500.
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Lot 2132 |
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Beauble: Hemisphere Septentrional and Hemisphere Meridional. C. 1720. Paris. Engraved by Beauble. 4½ x 7". Minature celestial maps depict the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Each constellation is numbered and the tables below name them. An attractive set of maps.
Center seam somewhat pronounced, binding material residue verso; archival tape residue at each corner recto (only at very edge of margins); minor toning at edges. Good to very good condition.
Estimated Value $400 - 500.
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Lot 2133 |
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Benard/Diderot: Astronomie series of plates. C. 1780.
Eight folio and one elephant folio plates, engraved by Benard for Diderot. Minor toning to edges, generally very good condition. Sharp, strong images.
Illustrating the Sphere Armillaire (Pl. 1ere); Telescop (Pl. 31.); Instrument des Passages en Perspective (Pl. 25); Nebuleuse d'Orion [1771] (Pl. 4); Heliometre (Pl. 33); Figure de La Lune (pl. 13); Quart de Cercle Mural, &c (Pl. 17): Micrometre Anglois (pl. 22); the elephant folio illustrates 21 different figures representing various planetary declinations, including Saturn and Jupiter (Pl. 14).
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500.
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Lot 2134 |
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Astronomie polar hemispheres. 1751. Paris. 7¾ x 9½". Delightful illustrations and the delicate color make this an exceptionally lovely item.
Binder's stub removed, some adhesive residue along centerfold verso; pencil ID verso; very minor toning at edges; possible early to mid 20th century conservation with color added then. Good to very good condition.
Estimated Value $350 - 500.
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Lot 2135 |
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Benard: Hemisphere Boreal and Hemisphere Austral "Astronomie". C. 1750. Paris. Two celestial maps on one sheet. Uncolored. 14 x 8".
Toning to extreme edges with some brittleness, foxing verylight along bottom edge, old folds (printing flaws) in margin, pencil ID verso. Generally very good to near fine.
Beautifully engraved celestial plate depicts the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and their constellations. "Pl.2." at upper right plate mark.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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Lot 2136 |
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Planispheres des Etoiles book page. C. 1750. Paris. This "Plate 3" is a lovely rendition of the Southern sky, with other diagrams, including the Tychonean, Copernican and Ptolemaic systems.
Binder stub; minor foxing verso; pencil ID verso. Beautiful early color. Very good condition.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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Lot 2137 |
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[Biblical] Carte du Voïages des Israelites dans le desert, depuis leur Sortie de l'Egyptie…. C. 1700. Paris. 16 x 10". A charming piece -- the travels of the Israelites are documented, along with various sites along the way. Vignettes around the edges depict priests, encampments, and the tabernacles in the desert.
Minor, old vertical creases; toning to edges; unevenly trimmed; very minor surface soil. Generally very good to fine condition.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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Lot 2138 |
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[Biblical] Dutch Map of Eden. C. 1730. Amsterdam. Likely Romain de Hooghe. Extensive text verso in Dutch.
Hand colored map. Small margins are somewhat crumpled; minor separation at folds top and bottom; center seam has been strengthened; tissue repairs verso not evident recto. Very good condition.
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden adore a globe floating above them. The animals in the garden gather around. Two panels of vignettes below show first events from the Old Testament ("Prophetien") and then the New Testament ("Vervullingen"). Each event is numbered and then titled in the lower margin. At the base of the image is the Lamb of God resting on the Book containing the Seven Seals.
An appropriately dramatic rendering of the Bible from Genesis to the Resurrection, sure to appeal to the pious of Northern Europe.
Estimated Value $600 - 650.
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Lot 2139 |
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[Biblical] Het Heylige Land (The Holy Land) verdeeld in de Twaals Stamen Israels. C. 1700. Amsterdam. Published by Covens & Mortier. 19 x 16½". A beautifully colored map depicting Israel, complete with mountains, forests, rivers and various historical sites. Present day Israel, Jordan and Lebanon are divided into the land of Israel's twelve tribes; the cartouche shows Jesus healing the sick and two scholars surmount the distance legend.
Very little margin, likely as issued; pencil ID verso. Fine condition.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
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Lot 2140 |
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[Biblical] Jerusalem: De Heylige en Wyt Vermaerder Stadt Jerusalem, eerst Genaemt Salem. Likely Offermans, 1648, Amsterdam. 18½ x 11½". A gorgeous map, the city of Jerusalem beautifully imagined, complete with Mount Zion, Solomon's Temple, and the road to Bethlehem.
Small professional repair at right side, almost invisible; trimmed edges. Near fine.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
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Lot 2141 |
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French celestial hemispheres 1728. 1728. Paris. 10 x 6". Two lovely hemispheres, with delicate cartouches to accent the piece.
Removed from book, some faint transfer from adjacent pages recto and verso; two strong vertical creases with some wear; toning at right edge almost to image; pencil ID verso. Beautiful original color. Good to very good condition.
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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Lot 2142 |
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[Book] Bode, Johann Vorstellung der Gestirne Auf XXXIV Kupfertafeln nach der Pariser Ausgabe. des Flamsteadschen Himmelsatlas. 1782. Berlin & Straslund: Lange. 1st edition of 2; 2 volumes.; 9 x 11". Volume I: title page & 40 pp text and tables; II: engraved original hand colored title page and 34 full page uncolored copperplate engraved celestial charts. Bode's first edition German 1782 version of J. Fortin's French atlas of 1776, both works based on John Flamsteed's famous atlas of the mid 18th century.
Original quarter-calf and speckled cardboard covers are very worn with moderate soil. Scattered toning throughout; pencil Ids inside covers. The charts are still bright and clear, with very little soil, and in very good condition. Good condition overall.
Estimated Value $6,500 - 8,500.
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Lot 2143 |
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Celestial Map Northern Hemisphere Abrureichung von Herrn I. Bode. Abreichung von Herrn I. Bode. C. 1787. 26 x 28½". Johann Elert Bode served as director of the observatory at the Berlin Academy of Sciences for almost 40 years. As director, he edited the Astronomisches Jahrbook for fifty years and published many popular astronomy texts.
Four professional paper repairs on right edge, one extends 1" into map; three repairs along right edge only affect margin; three repairs along bottom edge, one just touches bottom of image. All repairs very well done and almost invisible recto. Rough edges, particularly along right side, which shows very little margin. Surface soil recto; some toning to edges; scattered light foxing. Brilliant later colors. Good to very good condition.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
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[Book] Braun, Friedrich Astronomischer Bilder Atlas. 1870. Stuttgart: Wilhelm Nitzschke. 12¼ x 9¾".
A collection of 12 loose plates, no title page or table contents. Likely presented as issued: brown cloth folio with embossed covers and spine. The folio covers and spine are somewhat spotted with minor abrasions; front tie is missing; there is a pencil ID inside the cover. The lithographs (all but one in color) show very faint toning. Very good condition.
Printed on heavy cardstock, these charts were probably used for instruction. An uncommon set which is not listed in Warner.
Estimated Value $750 - 1,000.
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Lot 2145 |
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Das Sonnensytem: D.C. Bruhns, Leipzig. Published with the Weimar Geographisches Institut. 1873. 27¾ x 23". Image: 24½ x 20½". A superb engraved map from a fairly scarce 1873 atlas published in Weimar. Created by Carl Bruhns, director of the Leipzig University Observatory, an important figure in 19th century German astronomy circles. Nice history, and a strong graphic image.
Binder's tab remains. Pencil ID verso; faint foxing scattered verso; very minor toning at edges. Very good to near excellent condition.
Estimated Value $250 - 350.
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Lot 2146 |
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[Book] Burritt, Elijah H. Atlas Designed to Illustrate The Geography of the Heavens. Comprising the Following Maps or Plates… "New Edition" New York: Huntington and Savage, 1835. 16¼ x 14". 7 hand-colored engraved celestial maps with two-page black and white engraving opening the book illustrating "A Plan of the Solar System Exhibing its Relative Magnitudes and Distances". Original letterpress wrappers with bumped corners; minor dampstaining and surface soil to both covers; covers and pages loose at bottom 2" of binding; the maps show minor foxing, surface soil and scattered browning, the map of the Southern Hemisphere has a stain that has leached onto the map of the Northern Hemisphere. Fair to Good condition.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
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Lot 2147 |
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Burritt: Untitled Star Chart. 1835. Published by Huntington, Connecticut. 15½ x 15". Image: 13½ x 13".
Minor soil to margins; image lightly toned; pencil ID bottom right. Beautiful original handcolor. Very good condition.
This plate is from an early version of Burritt's Geography of the Heavens, showing the constellations in September, August and July. Elijah Burritt's Geography of the Heavens went through several editions and eventually sold 300,000 copies (a remarkable feat for any scientific text, much less one from the 19th century).
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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Lot 2148 |
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Burritt: Untitled Star Chart II. 1835. Published by Huntington, Connecticut. 15½ x 15". Image: 13½ x 13".
Minor soil to margins; image lightly toned; pencil ID bottom right. Beautiful original color. Very good condition.
This plate is from an early version of Burritt's Geography of the Heavens. Showing the constellations in April, May and June.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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Celarius Group of Four Celestial Maps. C. 1705. Amsterdam. From Schenk and Valk's version of Andreas Cellarius' Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica. All of the maps have outstanding new color and are professionally conserved, matted and shrink-wrapped onto archival board. The color has enhanced the already remarkable engravings and the professional measures taken ensure these treasures will have a long life.
This exceptional grouping is remarkable -- Cellarius' charts rarely come to auction and what little we know of the man comes from his masterpiece, this Atlas Coelestis. We are delighted to offer this wonderful group.
1. Hemisphaerium Stellatum Boreale Cum Subiecto Haemisphaerio Terrestri. "26" at lower right corner. Evidence of some repair at center bottom and top of center fold. Barbarians watched by townfolk try and hold the globe on their shoulders, while cherubs and angels fly above
2. Haemisphaerium Stellatum Australe Antiquum. "27" at lower right. Evidence of some repairs at center fold
Cherubs examine the map from their perches in clouds
3. Haemispherium Borealis Coeli et Terrae Cascaeno Graphia. "25" at lower right.
Astronomers working in both corners, with their tools and books
4. Haemisphaerium Scenographicum Australe Coeli Stellati et Terrae. "28" at lower right.
Astronomers at work.
Estimated Value $25,000 - 35,000.
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Cellarius: Theoria Trium Superiorum Planetarum. C. 1660. Amsterdam. 23 x 18½".
Toning; minor foxing to edges, otherwise very good to fine condition.
The outstanding, richly applied antique paint, accented with gold, gives this map a unique and exceptionally beautiful appearance. Plump cherubs hover in the margins as rich paint depicts the elements and other natural phenomenon. A photograph can scarcely do justice to this work. Aside from being a chart from one of the great celestial cartographers, this is a stunning display piece.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
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Cellarius: Tychonis Brahe Calculus, Planetarum Cursus et Altitudunes…. C. 1660. Amsterdam. 23 x 18½".
Toning; minor foxing to edges, otherwise very good to fine condition. Remarkable antique paint accented with gold makes this a showpiece.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
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Celestial Globe and Spheres; French. Où L'on Remarque La Sphere, Le Globe Celeste, Et Les Differens Systèmes du Monde. C. 1710. 17½ x 19½". Image: 13¾ x 17½".
Binder's strip; 2" vertical tear professionally repaired at bottom margin; very minor toning to edges only; one small spot in lower margin; very minor surface soil at margins. mounting tape residue verso top two corners. Beautiful, delicate colors enhance text and drawings.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
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Lot 2153 |
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French Celestial Map with planetary movement theories. Où L'on Remarque La Sphere, Le Globe Celeste, Et Les Differens Systèmes du Monde. C. 1710. Amsterdam. 17 x 13". Beautiful celestial maps flanked with detailed text about various astronomical theories. An armillary sphere and several other engraved illustrations decorate the work. The most noteworthy feature of the hemisphere maps is the depiction of California as an island.
Binder's strip trimmed; two old (professional) paper repairs at bottom margin (do not extend to text); minor toning to extreme edges; later color; pencil ID verso.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
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Lot 2154 |
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Chatelain: Premiere Carte Pour L'Introduction à l'Histoire du Monde. Où L'on Remarque La Sphere, Le Globe Celeste, Et Les Differens Systémes du Monde. C. 1710. Amsterdam. 19 x 16". Likely from the Atlas Historique… Chatelain's beautiful engravings are explained in French on either side of the detailed spheres. The various theories of the solar system as formulated by Ptolomey, Tycho Brahe and Copernicus.
Minor toning in margins; generally very good to fine condition.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
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Lot 2155 |
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French celestial map and treatiste (?) regarding planetary movements 1710. Nouvelle Carte de la Sphere pour faire Connoitre les divers mouvmens des Planetes et leurs diverses revolutions / Avec des remarques historiques pour conduire a cette connaissance. 1719. Amsterdam. 24 x 21". Incredibly detailed etched planetary map showing the position of the five known planets, the sun and the moon at the time of Louis XIV's birth; with planisphere and various theories of planetary movement illustrated. Beautiful detail, wonderful text. "Tom. 1 No. 9" at top right corner.
Binder's stub removed at bottom 1/4, rest flat to verso surface; one area of paper thinning on verso (only -- text not affected); minor toning with incidental brittleness and a handful of scattered small tears at edges only. Three vertical folds somewhat noticible. Uncolored.
Estimated Value $750 - 1,000.
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Italian: Idea Dell' Universo. 1690. Venice. 30 x 22".
Professionally mounted on tissue. Uncolored.
Faint toning along center seam; couple of small spots at the bottom margin. Fine condition.
Done in Coronelli's distinctive and typically striking style, gorgeous representations of eclipses, various theories, maps, the zodiac. Most notably, Coronelli presents a cross-section of Earth with Dante's circles of Hell portrayed. A beautiful piece wedding the work of one of Italy's greatest cartographers and the influential Dante.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
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Cornelli Celestial Map. 1692. Venice. Image: 24 1/2 x 18 1/2" .Engraved in Coronelli's lushly Baroque style, this gorgeous piece is dedicated "AL LA SERENISSIMA REPUBLICA DI VENETIA."
Professionally conserved: paper has been de-acidified and buffered. Mounted in museum quality matting. Fine condition. Absolutely fabulous later color that is truly stunning in person.
Coronelli was one of the most famous cartographers in Europe, his maps and charts were collected in every country, by some of the notables of his time.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
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Coronelli: Planisfero Settentrionale, Corretto, et Accresciuto…. 1692. Venice. Image: 24 1/2 x 18 1/2".
Beautiful color. One small repair at the margin; minor surface soil; pencil ID verso; generally near fine condition. A beautiful piece to partner with "Planisfero Meridionale". The ornate scrollwork and detailed images make this a remarkable pair of star charts.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500.
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Lot 2159 |
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[Book] The Cosmographic Atlas of Political, Historical, Classical, Physical and Scriptural. Geography and Astronomy with Indices and Descriptive Letterpress Fifth Edition. London and Edinburgh: Johnston, W & A.K, 1894. 19 x 15". 40 political maps; seven historical maps (Europe); five classical maps; 4 physical maps (Great Britain and Northern Europe); three scriptural maps; six astronomical plates. Very clean, very little toning or foxing; original covers worn and abraded overall and torn in two places front and back, but intact; water damage to back cover does not affect text; loose boards; one political map (New Zealand) is free in center of book. But for the cover defects, generally very good condition.
Published for a reading public "who do not wish to be at the expense, or who cannot afford to purchase a number of high-priced works treating the various branches of Geography and Astronomy." Surely a treasured part of many household libraries.
Estimated Value $750 - 1,000.
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Crépy: Le Globe Celeste En Deux Plans Hemispheres. 1767. Paris. Published by Crépy. 8 x 10½". Two detailed star charts of the northern and southern hemisphere dominate this attractive piece, while sixteen smaller spheres show northern and southern terrestrial polar projections and celestial images such as the moon's affect on tides.
Beautiful, one pencil ID at bottom right. Delicate hand color to the bands around the hemisphere maps and the polar projections. Fine condition.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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Crépy: Le Globe Celeste En Deux Plans Hemispheres. 1767. Paris. Published by Crépy. 8 x 10½". Matted.
More color than our other example of this very fine work, delicate pink, yellow and green. Fine condition.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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Chart of Celestial Globes, french, Delamarche: 1824. 1824. Paris. 25 x 30".A great scientific print, explaining the differences between the various astronomical theories and showing a variety of spheres.
Dampstaining verso along center fold does not affect text; parabola of dampstaining at right margin; 3" professional repair bottom verso to correct splitting at center fold -- splitting still somewhat noticable recto; small repair to right edge; three small tears at right edge; toning to edges, minor foxing; minor nicks to bottom edge. Very good condition.
Estimated Value $700 - 800.
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Lot 2163 |
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Astronomie book page (Lunar with/Astrolabe). C. 1750. Paris. 11 x 8".
Binder stub trimmed; pencil ID verso. Later color. Very good to near fine condition.
A lunar diagram and handsome sphere are the highlights in this great decorative piece.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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Lot 2164 |
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Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung. Nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte. 1841. From Stieler's Hand Atlas. This steelplate engraving is based on the work of J. Heinrich von Madler and Wilhelm Beer and served as the standard reference work on the Moon's geography for many years.
Minor soil, toning and foxing at edges (in margins); minor diagonal creasing to right edge noticible only on examination; one very small dampstain at bottom right corner margin; pencil ID verso. Very good condition.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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Doppelmayr: Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars I-VI. 1742. Nuremberg. Published by the Homann Heirs. 23 x 19¼" (as issued). From Doppelmayr's Atlas Coelestis…. Six charts.
All of the images are crisp and clear with original wash color. Pars I-V are very good to fine: {ars VI has some minimal staining and the image is not quite as crisp, but is in generally good to very good condition. All plates have a light pencil ID recto at the bottom right margin.
Doppelmayr's Atlas Coelestis… contained 30 plates: ten are star maps in three categories -- ecliptic polar (two), equatorial polar (two) and gnomonic (the six plates offered here). These gnomonic charts show the constellations (as charted in 1730) in different parts of the sky. The stars are labelled with roman numerals, which are then identified in the columns on the sides. Following the lead of Pardies, Doppelmayr has included the paths of various comets.
Often bits and pieces of this wonderful and excellent group are available, but to find a complete set is rare. One likes to imagine that these charts have been together since 1742.
Pars I illustrates 21 constellations of the North Equatorial Pole.
Pars II illustrates 18 constellations of the Vernal Equinox.
Pars III illustrates 17 constellations of the Summer Solstice.
Pars IV illustrates 16 constellations of the Autumnal Equinox.
Pars V illustrates 23 constellations of the Winter Solstice.
Pars VI illustrates 21 constellations of the South Equatorial Pole.
Estimated Value $8,000 - 10,000.
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Lot 2166 |
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Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe / Dopplemajero. C. 1740. Nürnberg. 22 x 19". Published with Homann, this large celestial chart depicts the constellations of the southern sky. Cherubs hold beautifully detailed scientific instruments in each corner: a sextant, an azimuth circle, a pendulum clock and a telescope.
Likely original color, with the exception of the touch-up.
Trimmed almost to plate mark. Old repairs: strengthening strip along centerfold reinforced with archival tape; one paper repair with color touch-up at bottom edge. Apparent abrasion at Centaur's shoulder; mounting tape residue verso; minor foxing/toning at edges; very minor "crumpling" at two corners; small pencil Ids verso. Green color has interesting variations as it extends from center of map.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
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Dopplemeyer The Southern SKuy 1730. 1742. Nürnberg. 23 x 20¼".
"19" at top right. Trimmed almost to plate; pencil ID verso; bottom margin to lower edge of image very skillfully repaired (likely an old repair). Very good condition.
Printed with Homann. Four observatories featured in the corners: Anglicanum (Greenwich, founded 1666), Cassellanum (Kassel, 1712), Hafniense (Copenhagen, 1642) and Berlinense (Berlin, 17??).
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
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Dopplemeyer The Northern sky 1730. 1742. Nürnburg. 23¼ x 19¾".
"18" at top right. Bottom left corner replaced at margin; skillful paper repairs at right and top margins; trimmed almost to plate; pencil ID verso. Beautiful contemporary color. Very good to excellent condition.
Published with Homann. A beautiful rendering of the northern sky with four observatories featured: Tychonicum (Tycho Brahe's observatory at Hven, founded 1576), Hevelianum (Hevelius' observatory at Danzig, 1650), Paerisiense (Paris, 1667) and Noribergense (Eimmart's observatory at Nuremberg, 1678). Incredible detail and absolutely perfect color.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
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Lot 2169 |
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Planetary Motion Chart Dopplemajero. exhibent, pro exemplo ad annum Christi Praecipue 1712 et 1713. 1742. Nürnberg. Printed with Homann, from the Atlas Coelestis. 23 x 19".
Beautiful original color. One old paper repair verso bottom margin (invisible); one small modern paper repair at center fold; small worm holes bilaterally at top margin; very minor foxing to margins. binder's stub removed, some browned adhesive residue shows through lightly; right edge unevenly trimmed. Generally very good condition, a nice piece in spite of the flaws.
Cherubs swing throught the clouds on this beautiful chart illustrating Tycho Brahe's model of the movement of the three inferior planets.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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Lot 2170 |
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Systema Mundi Tychonicum Dopplemajero. C. 1742. Nürnberg. Pulished by Homann Heirs.
Lovely early color; binder's stub. Faint spot to the upper right of the large sphere; one small piece of mounting tape residue verso; general minor surface soil. Very good to near fine condition.
An oustanding chart adorned with putti wielding astronomical instruments under the watchful eyes of Brahe and Riccioli, as Apollo drives his chariot accross the sky.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
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Lunar Map; Doppelmajero. C. 1740. Nürnberg. 23½ x 20¾". Published with Homann, based on the lunar deliniations of Hevelius and Riccioli. The four phases of the moon, an eclipse diagram and incredible detail of the lunar surface are surmounted by a reclining Diana and putti.
Professionally strengthened along center fold; three pieces of mounting tape residue verso top edge; pencil ID verso; very minor surface soil to edges. Beautiful early color. Very good condition.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
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Tabula Selenographica: Lunar Map by Dopplemajero. C. 1740. Nürnberg. 23½ x 20¾".
Small area of mounting tape residue top verso; paper strip verso along left edge; pencil ID verso; edges somewhat toned with a little brittleness. Very good condition. Lovely later color.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
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Doppelmayr: Tabula Selenographica in qua Lunarium Macularum…. C. 1740. Nürnberg. 24½ x 20".
Less colorful than those above; two archival tape repair verso to bottom half of center fold at separation; ¾" edge separation at the center fold in the top margin. Generally very good condition.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
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Lot 2174 |
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Lunar Map Dopplemajero. C. 1740. Nürnberg. 24½ x 20¾".
Binder's stub trimmed; archival tape repair verso to bottom half of center fold at separation; pencil ID verso; minor soil and toning to edges. Generally very good condition.
Color on this chart is less vivid than on the others.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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Celestial Map depicting the theories of Copernicus and Ptolemy. C. 1705. Nürnberg. 22½ x 19". Issued "in officina Hommaniana", this beautiful chart depicts Ptolemaic, Copernican and Tychonic planetary systems. A lovely, scarce piece from a very talented astronomer.
Center fold strengthened verso with minor paper loss along fold disguised by professional re-coloration; older paper repairs verso at lower left right corners and upper center edge; small dampstain at upper center margin; very minor surface soil; pencil ID verso. Beautiful early color. Very good condition.
Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000.
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English Encyclopedic Astronomy text. Early nineteenth century. Eighteen pages, quarto. Printed for Richard Phillips, in London. Three pages of illustrations and fifteen of text detail the scope of astronomical knowledge 200 years ago. The drawings portray the Solar System, various eclipses, motions of the planets, the seasons, and tides. Text tables are scattered throughout the entry, the most notable lists the constellations with the number of stars observed in each one by astronmers Ptolemy, Tycho Brahe, Hevelius and Flamsteed.
Dampstaining and foxing scattered throughout; one illustration (Solar System) is water stained at the top left corner. Generally good to very good condition.
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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English Star Charts. Set of two charts. Mid-19th century. 16½ x 13½".Published by Charles Knight and Co.
Beautiful delicate color. Very good to near fine condition.
Estimated Value $150 - 200.
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set of six british like earlier. C. 1830. Similar to the charts created for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, but without the certain attribution.
Minor toning; original. color; pencil ID verso. Beautifully rendered constellations, lovely charts.
Estimated Value $400 - 500.
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[Etching] The Observatory at Pe-King. Published 1741. London. W.H. Toms. 15 x 11"
"Vol 1. P 13" at top right corner. Minor toning to edges; bottom margin trimmed somewhat unevenly; pencil ID bottom right and verso. Very good to near excellent.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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[print] Europa and The Bull. From a painting by Francesco Albani, engraved by Jacobus Freij. 21 x 16". Image: 17½ x 13¾". In the tale as related by Ovid, the god Zeus, in love with Europa, turned himself into a bull with golden horns to thwart her bodyguards. Enticing Europa into taking a ride on his back, her took her across the sea to Crete. The constellation Taurus is said to portray this event, with only the front quarters of the bull visible because his hindquarters are submerged as he takes the lovely Europa into the water.
Skillful paper repairs verso to right, upper and lower margins; one small spot of repair at upper left corner; scattered tears to margin to not interfere with text or image; edge separation at top and bottom center extend into plate but not image; areas of thinned paper at top margin; surface soil; pencil ID verso; ½" piece of tape at top margin. A quote from Ovid's Metamorpheses (in Latin) graces the margin. Gorgeous color. Good condition.
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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