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An 18th century compass rose in fine colour

Stock No. 21471 Category: Tags: , , Cartographer: THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Rosa Navtica.
Frankfurt, 1730. Fine original hand colour. 125 x 135mm.

£300

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A finely-coloured compass rose, with the points named in German, engraved by Johann Christoph Berndt for the celestial atlas 'Mercurii Philosphici Firmamentum Firmianum', named for Thomas's patron, Leopold Anton von Firmian, Archbishop of Salzburg.

Corbinianus Thomas (1694-1767), a Benedictine monk, was Professor of Mathematics and Theology at the University of Salzburg. His star atlas was first published in 1730 at Frankfurt, with a second edition at Augsburg the following year. He used an odd system for nomenclature: Bayer Greek letter for the star, Roman numeral for the magnitude and Arabic numeral for the star catalogue reference.

Additional information

Dimensions135 × 125 mm
Cartographer

Date

1730

Extra Info

Rosa Navtica.

Publication

Frankfurt, 1730. Fine original hand colour. 125 x 135mm.

Condition

A good example.

References

KANAS: 7.7, 'beautiful illustrations'; WARNER, p.251.