Lot 2204
Hemisphaeium Australe English 1690. Drawn by Joseph Harris. C. 1721. London. 25 x 25". Legend: "stellarum Fixarum Hemisphaerium Australe / The Southrn Hemisphere Projected on the Plane of the Aequator in which all the Stars in the Britannick Catalogue and those Observ'd by Dr. Edm. Halley at the Isl. of st. Helena are carefully layd down for the Year 1690 by Joseph Harris (6)."
Printed at bottom: "Engraved and Sold by I Senex at the Globe, over against ST. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet. Where may be had the Zodiac, containing all the Stars hitherto Observed, to which the Moon or Planets can at any time Apply: very usefull in Astronomical Observations, particularly in finding the Longitude at Sea. Also the Solar System describing the Paths of the Planets and Comes from Sr. I. Newton, by Wil. Whiston, MA."
John Senex was a successful cartographer and publisher in England and was elected to the Royal Society in 1728. Senex published these charts in response to the great demand in England for single-sheet, reliable star catalogs; they were popular with both astronomers and navigators as England began her imperial and commercial spread across the globe.
Trimmed almost to text; skillfull professional old repairs -- at top center edge and 10" tear from left edge into Cetus and Phoenix; incidental surface soil. Good to very good condition.
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500.
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