Andreas Cellarius - HARMONIA MACROCOSMICA - 1660-1660





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HARMONIA MACROCOSMICA by Andreas Cellarius, Latin, leather-bound, first edition facsimile published by Joannem Janssonium in 1660, 400 pages, 52 × 33.5 cm, on cartography and astronomy, in like-new condition.
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Magnificent Facsimile Edition
Harmonia Macrocosmica, seu atlas universalis et novus (A. Cellarius Celestial Atlas)
The Harmonia Macrocosmica atlas by Andreas Cellarius (c. 1596–1665) is one of the most magnificently coloured astronomical works of the Baroque period.
The historic celestial atlas, originally published in 1661, depicts the world according to the models of Claudius Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe in a total of 29 engravings.
Eight additional double-page engravings, also richly coloured, are devoted to stellar constellations with classical and Christian interpretations.
With its first-class plates by Frederik Hendrik van den Hooven (c. 1628–1698), Jan van Loon, and Jan Pieterszoon Saenredam (1565–1607), the celestial atlas presents the observer with an impressive visual account of the development of astronomical worldviews
52 x 33.5 cm
400 pages
Magnificent Facsimile Edition
Harmonia Macrocosmica, seu atlas universalis et novus (A. Cellarius Celestial Atlas)
The Harmonia Macrocosmica atlas by Andreas Cellarius (c. 1596–1665) is one of the most magnificently coloured astronomical works of the Baroque period.
The historic celestial atlas, originally published in 1661, depicts the world according to the models of Claudius Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe in a total of 29 engravings.
Eight additional double-page engravings, also richly coloured, are devoted to stellar constellations with classical and Christian interpretations.
With its first-class plates by Frederik Hendrik van den Hooven (c. 1628–1698), Jan van Loon, and Jan Pieterszoon Saenredam (1565–1607), the celestial atlas presents the observer with an impressive visual account of the development of astronomical worldviews
52 x 33.5 cm
400 pages

