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A Most Striking Constellation Chart


Modern Northern Stars. CELLARIUS, A [Amsterdam, 1660]
Haemisphaerium Stellatum Boreale Cum Subiecto Haemisphaerio Terrestri...
17 x 20 1/4 inches.
Superb original color, heightened with gold; bottom of centerfold reinforced, else excellent.
$8,500





The Astronomy of Personality


Astrology. A. Cellarius [Amsterdam, 1660]
Typus Aspectuum, Oppositionum Et Coniunctionum Etz In Planetis.
17 x 20 3/8 inches.
Fine hand color; excellent.
$3,000





The Compromise Solar System


Brahe Solar System. CELLARIUS, A. [Amsterdam, 1660]
Scenographia Compagis Mundanae Brahea.
17 x 20 inches.
Fine hand color heightened with gold; excellent.
$8,500





The Largest & Finest Celestial Globe Gores of the 17th Century On Uncut Sheets Intended for the Construction of a Globe


Celestial Globe Gores. CORONELLI, Vincenzo/ NOLIN, Jean Baptiste/ DEUVEZ, Arnoldus. [Paris, 1693]
Orbis Coelestis Typus Opus a P. Coronelli Min. Convent. Serenissimaeque Reipub. Venetae Cosmographo Inchoatum Societatis. Gallicae Sumptibus absolutum Lutetiae Parisiorum. Anno R.S. MDCXCIII [1693]... Sculp. I. B. Nolin Reg. Chr. Calcographus.

24 globe gores, each printed on a single large folio sheet with deckled edges, housed in two, linen-covered, clamshell boxes with blue morocco labels; sheets with watermarks of a maltese cross encircled by a chain from which is suspended smaller cross; each gore measures 11 inches at base & 25 inches in height; lacking calottes. Manuscript annotations in an early hand, in Italian, indicating placement of gores when mounted on globe; fine condition with firm impression.
$85,000





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