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17th century chart comparing the sizes of the planets & celestial bodies

Corporum coelestum magnitudines.

Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1661. Original colour with additions, including gold highlights. 440 x 515mm.
Stock #:  26183

£2,300.00

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Description

A chart comparing the sizes of Earth, the planets, the sun and other stars. The borders are decorated with winged cherubs and windheads. The plate was engraved by Jan van Loon for the 'Atlas Coelestis; seu Harmonia Macrocosmica', the only celestial atlas to be produced in the Netherlands before the nineteenth century. It was a compilation of maps of the Ptolemaic universe and the more modern theories of Copernicus and Brahe, and remains the finest, most decorative celestial atlas ever produced. It was first issued in 1660: this example comes from the second edition published a year later, with a plate number added.

Condition:

Small repair at centre fold.

References:

KOEMAN: Cel 2.

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