Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria)
Planisferii Celesti, Calcolati per l'anno MDCC, Corretti, et Aumentati di Molte Stelle,
£975
Venice,, , 1700.
a double-hemisphere chart of the heavens above the northern and southern hemispheres, first issued around 1690, here updated to 1700, with a large dedication cartouche to the Venetian senator, Maro Bembo, upper centre, ornately extending into broad banderoles to either side containing text summarising the history of celestial cartography, to the left, and listing the variations in the plotting of a star in the constellation of Aries by astronomers through the ages, on the right. Lower centre is a laurel wreath cartouche containing a key to the six orders of magnitude of the multitude of stars presented in the chart, with architectural panels to either side framing tables of the longitude motion of fixed stars according to Tycho Brahe, lower left, and Giovanni Battista Riccioli, lower right..
465 by 620mm (18¼ by 24½ inches).
engraved chart on laid paper, with original hand-colouring limited to the circular neatlines of each hemisphere, some browning along the central vertical fold, some faint scattered spots, mostly marginal, minor damp-staining in the upper margin, and a few faint printer’s ink smudges,
| Dimensions | 4656201824 cm |
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| Dimensions | 465 by 620mm (18¼ by 24½ inches). |
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