The Best Lithograph Ever Made of the Planet Mars. Made by the "Audubon of the Sky", Etienne Trouvleot. Beautiful four-stone color lithograph of the planet Mars, by Etienne Trouvelot, relating his observations during the Great Martian Opposition of...
A Stunning Lithograph of the Moon Showing a Partial Eclipse. Made by the "Audubon of the Sky", Etienne Trouvelot. This is a beautiful color lithograph of a partial lunar eclipse made by Etienne Trouvelot, relating his observations made in the fall of...
Rare Working Celestial Navigation Chart! Rare working navigational celestial chart of the northern skies, published by the United States Hydrographic Office. Updated to August 5, 1916, the chart was actually utilized by mariner's at sea to take...
Signed By Eight Apollo Astronauts Double hemisphere map of the moon and chart showing landing/lunar surface exploration sites, published by NASA in 1970. Color lithographed moon map with two stereographic projections of the North and South poles. The...
![[Aquarius] (Stars Heightened in Gold)](/map/small/68401.jpg)
A magnificent full-color example of Bayer's celestial chart of Aquarius, with the stars heightened in gold. Aquarius, shepherd son of Tros with whom Zeus fell in love, is here portrayed with his water jug, set against a brilliant dark blue background....
![[ Ursa Minor ] (Stars Heightened in Gold)](/map/small/68400.jpg)
A magnificent full-color example of Bayer's celestial chart of Ursa Minor, with the stars heightened in gold. The dark night sky gives way to the polar celestial circles which are painted in magnificent bright colors. Ursa Minor, one of the most...
![[ Pegasus ] (Stars Heightened in Gold)](/map/small/68434.jpg)
A magnificent full-color example of Bayer's celestial chart of Pegasus, with the stars heightened in gold. Pegasus is composed of the Great Square, one of the most easily recognizable shapes in the sky. The constellation was known to many...
![[ Sagittarius ] (Stars Heightened in Gold)](/map/small/68511.jpg)
A magnificent full-color example of Bayer's celestial chart of Sagittarius, with the stars heightened in gold. Sagittarius appears from Babylonian times as a centaur-like archer. The constellation's first portrayals were usually double-headed,...
![[Cetus] (Stars Heightened in Gold)](/map/small/70723.jpg)
Striking full-color example of Bayer's celestial chart of Cetus, with the stars heightened in gold. The present example has no text on the verso. Cetus was a sea monster in Greek mythology. Cetus is located in the region of the northern sky that...
![[Argo Navis] [The Argonauts]](/map/small/70847.jpg)
Striking full hand-color example of Bayer's celestial chart of the constellation Navis, with the stars heightened in gold. Argo Navis (the Ship Argo), or simply Argo, was a large constellation in the southern sky. The genitive was "Argus Navis",...
The First Modern Atlas of the World [39] preliminary text leaves (including engraved title), 53 hand-colored double-page engraved maps, all mounted on original guards. Antwerp: Gielis Coppens van Diest, 1571. Folio (16.25 x 11.5 inches),...
A nice example of Ortelius's second map of Flanders, from the 1584 Latin edition of his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world. The map is executed inside of a decorative strapwork egg-shaped border and is one of the most...
A nice example of Ortelius's second map of Flanders, from the 1584 Latin edition of his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world. The map is executed inside of a decorative strapwork egg-shaped border and is one of the most...
A gorgeous old color map of England and Wales, from the 1574 Latin edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world. Included are an ornate cartouche and many sailing ships and sea monsters, as well as some sheep...
![(Atlas) Theatrum orbis terrarum [with] Parergon [and] Nomenclator Ptolemaicus](/map/small/49333.jpg)
First Printing of the First Plantin Edition of the "First Modern Atlas", and the First Edition with the Parergon. Folio, handsome contemporary full calf tooled in blind (almost entirely unsophisticated but for artful reinforcement of the head and foot...
