Pair of celestial charts of the skies as known by the Ancients

A pair of beautiful celestial charts of the stars as known to the Ancients, with the classical constellations. The borders contain the titles on banners and several putti. This chart was published in 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 and most highly decorative celestial atlas ever produced. It was originally published by Jan Jansson in 1660: this chart comes from Schenk & Valk's reissue.