Cellarius Engraving, Typus Selenographicus Lunae
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718).
Celestial Cosmography.
Engraving.
Late 17th century.
19 3/4" x 28" sheet.
Comparable: Sotheby's, 2019 - 2,000 GBP (Colored).
These are cosmographical charts found in Coronelli's comprehensive atlas, the Atlante Veneto. The world-systems shown are Ptolemaic, Copernican and Tychonian. Also shown is Coronelli's failed attempt to depict the Cartesian world-system.
Literature: A. Mosley, "Vincenzo Maria Coronelli's Atlante Veneto and the diagrammatic tradition of Cosmography", Journal for the History of Astronomy 42, pp. 27-54.
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CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718).
Celestial Cosmography.
Engraving.
Late 17th century.
19 3/4" x 28" sheet.
Comparable: Sotheby's, 2019 - 2,000 GBP (Colored).
These are cosmographical charts found in Coronelli's comprehensive atlas, the Atlante Veneto. The world-systems shown are Ptolemaic, Copernican and Tychonian. Also shown is Coronelli's failed attempt to depict the Cartesian world-system.
Literature: A. Mosley, "Vincenzo Maria Coronelli's Atlante Veneto and the diagrammatic tradition of Cosmography", Journal for the History of Astronomy 42, pp. 27-54.
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