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CELLARIUS, Andreas (c. 1596-1665).
Hypothesis Ptolemaica sive Communis Planetarum Motus Per Eccentricos et Epicyclos Demonstrans.
Engraved map with original hand color, heightened in gold.
Amsterdam, 1661 (1st Ed).
From Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica
19 1/2" x 22 1/2" Sheet.
Magnificent representation of the world view of Ptolemy. Saturn was considered the outermost planet, the Earth at the center of the world. The sun and the planets orbit the Earth.
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CELLARIUS, Andreas (c. 1596-1665).
Hypothesis Ptolemaica sive Communis Planetarum Motus Per Eccentricos et Epicyclos Demonstrans.
Engraved map with original hand color, heightened in gold.
Amsterdam, 1661 (1st Ed).
From Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica
19 1/2" x 22 1/2" Sheet.
Magnificent representation of the world view of Ptolemy. Saturn was considered the outermost planet, the Earth at the center of the world. The sun and the planets orbit the Earth.
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