Nice example of Doppelmayr's map illustrating various lunar and celestial theories. The images shown include: Tycho Brahe's model for lunar orbit Illustrations of the surface of the moon from October 1664 Flamsteed's model Hevelius's model...
Rare Eclipse Broadside by Thomas Wright and Published by John Senex, the Foremost Producer of Astronomical Broadsides in the Eighteenth Century Fine, large broadside illustrating a prediction of the path of the solar eclipse of February 18, 1737. It...
An interesting set of diagrams describing the basic ways in which the globe and the solar system are described. The image illustrates the basic methods of modeling the equator, the two Tropics, the Poles, the horizon and other features of a sphere....
Elaborate celestial model, published in Nuremberg by Doppelmayr. This chart illustrates the satellite systems of Jupiter and Saturn, contrasted with the Earth-Moon system according to the observations of Giovanni Domenico Cassini in Bologna in 1661.
Fine pair of celestial models illustrating the bright comet which transited the sky in March and April of 1742. On the right is an image of the Celestial Sky, illustrating the various constellations visible in the sky at the time of the transit of the...
![[Eclipse of 1748] Vorstellung der in der Nacht zwischen den 8. u. 9. Aug. 1748 vorfallenden partialen Mond-Finsternis](/map/small/42703.jpg)
Rare celestial chart, depicting the Eclipse of August 8 and 9, 1748. The chart illustrates a partial lunar eclipse, as observed and recorded by Tobias Maier in 1748.
![[Hydra, Corvus and the Crater]](/map/small/43407.jpg)
Rare separately issued star chart of the Constellations Hydra, Corvus and the Crater, from John Bevis' Celestial Atlas. John Bevis was an Oxford trained physician and amateur astronomer, who is perhaps best known for his discovery of the Crab Nebula...
Striking Eighteenth-Century Map of the Stars Fine old-color example of Conrad Lotter's decorative double polar-hemisphere celestial chart. The large hemispheres show the constellations visible in the northern and southern hemispheres. Each circle is...
![[A Complete Set of the 12 Signs of the Zodiac]](/map/small/68796.jpg)
Complete Set of Bevis Star Charts of the Signs of the Zodiac in Early Color Quite possibly the only surviving separately published set of 12 star charts of the signs of the Zodiac, published by John Bevis. These extremely charts were compiled by...
Decorative map of the Milky Way and positions of the stars in the Sky. Includes remarkable decorative borders found only in the deluxe edition of Buy De Mornas' Atlas Methodique et Elementaire de Goegraphie et l'Histoire.
Decorative image showing the phases of the moon. Includes intricate decorative borders found only in the deluxe edition of Buy De Mornas' Atlas Methodique et Elementaire de Goegraphie et l'Histoire.
![Sphere Droite [and] Sphere Parallele](/map/small/6208.jpg)
A striking pair of engraved armillary spheres projecting models of the Solar System. Attractive wash colors and illustrations of the signs of the zodiac and other features. A decorative map from Brion De La Tour, one of the most prolific cartographic...
![Sphere Droite [and] Sphere Parallele](/map/small/40880.jpg)
A striking pair of engraved armillary spheres projecting models of the Solar System. Attractive wash colors and illustrations of the signs of the zodiac and other features. A decorative map from Brion De La Tour, one of the most prolific cartographic...
![Sphere De Copernic [and] Sphere De Ptolemee](/map/small/68651.jpg)
A striking set of armillary spheres illustrating the Universe according to Copernicus and Ptolemy respectively. A decorative map from Brion De La Tour, one of the most prolific cartographic publishers of the mid 18th Century, with the deluxe...
![Sphere Droite [and] Sphere Parallele](/map/small/18779.jpg)
A striking pair of engraved armillary spheres projecting models of the Solar System, surrounded by a decorative architectural frame, embellished with cherubs and cartographic symbols. Attractive wash colors and illustrations of the signs of the zodiac...
Finely engraved image showing an Armillary Sphere and an Orrery, mounted on elaborately carved stands. Below the image is an elaborate explanation of the two instruments in both German and Latin. This plate is quite rare on the market. We note no...
