One of the Finest Celestial Charts Ever Produced in Full Contemporary Color, "Haemisphaerium Stellatum Boreale Antiquum", Cellarius/Schenk & Valck
Subject: Celestial
Period: 1708 (published)
Publication: Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica
Color: Hand Color
Size: 17 x 20.1
The Dutch-German mathematician and cosmographer Andreas Cellarius is best known for his spectacular celestial atlas, the Harmonia Macrocosmica. His atlas contained a description of ancient and contemporary astronomy including the theories of Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe. The atlas was illustrated with twenty-nine engraved plates that are among the most beautiful celestial charts ever made. The charts include illustrations of the heavens and diagrams of the orbits of the Sun, Moon, and planets according to the different cosmological theories. They were richly adorned with elaborate cartouches and baroque elements such as putti in clouds, shells, garlands, as well as portraits of famous astronomers and astronomical instruments. The Harmonia Macrocosmica was published in 1660, and reissued in 1661 by the Amsterdam publisher Johannes Jansson as a supplement to his Atlas Novus. The plates were reissued again in 1708 by the Amsterdam publishers Gerard Valk and Petrus Schenk.
One of the finest celestial charts from the golden age of Dutch cartography. The map presents the ancient Greek constellations of the Northern sky in traditional classical mythological form. Richly engraved in the baroque style with an elaborate cloud background filled with putti.
References: Kanas, pp. 191-194; Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #HM24:1.
Condition: B+
Full contemporary color with one tiny tear in the river adjacent to Ursa Major that has been archivally repaired on verso. There is light toning and scattered foxing that is more prominent in the blank margins. Sheet edges are backed with paper tape from a previous framing.
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Subject: Celestial
Period: 1708 (published)
Publication: Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica
Color: Hand Color
Size: 17 x 20.1
The Dutch-German mathematician and cosmographer Andreas Cellarius is best known for his spectacular celestial atlas, the Harmonia Macrocosmica. His atlas contained a description of ancient and contemporary astronomy including the theories of Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe. The atlas was illustrated with twenty-nine engraved plates that are among the most beautiful celestial charts ever made. The charts include illustrations of the heavens and diagrams of the orbits of the Sun, Moon, and planets according to the different cosmological theories. They were richly adorned with elaborate cartouches and baroque elements such as putti in clouds, shells, garlands, as well as portraits of famous astronomers and astronomical instruments. The Harmonia Macrocosmica was published in 1660, and reissued in 1661 by the Amsterdam publisher Johannes Jansson as a supplement to his Atlas Novus. The plates were reissued again in 1708 by the Amsterdam publishers Gerard Valk and Petrus Schenk.
One of the finest celestial charts from the golden age of Dutch cartography. The map presents the ancient Greek constellations of the Northern sky in traditional classical mythological form. Richly engraved in the baroque style with an elaborate cloud background filled with putti.
References: Kanas, pp. 191-194; Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #HM24:1.
Condition: B+
Full contemporary color with one tiny tear in the river adjacent to Ursa Major that has been archivally repaired on verso. There is light toning and scattered foxing that is more prominent in the blank margins. Sheet edges are backed with paper tape from a previous framing.
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