Ephemerides motuum coelestium geometricae : in quibus secundum Hypothesin Copernicanam omnia Motuum Planetariorum irregularium Phoenomena h. e. Directiones Stationes et Retrogradationes praecipue ad an. Chr. 1708 et 1709 ut et eorum causae curiose ad oculum demonstratur
Norimbergae [ Nürnberg ]: Operâ Joh. Bapt. Homanni [ John Baptist Homann ] [ 1742 ]. Sheet size 63.6 cm x 53.5 cm. (25 x 21 inches). Laid paper, several minor tape repairs on verso at fold top and bottom. A few unobtrusive worm pinholes (one pair in pink coloring upper edge near fold, the other pair in the double box lines at bottom). A few marginal closed tears. Verso blank, noting a few bits of coloring. Plate lines complete and with wide margins. Beautifully hand-colored copper engraving showing celestial motions. Very Good. [28100]
Included is a handwritten note from astronomy scholar Owen Gingrich who examined this chart in person: "J.B. Homann died in 1724 & completed charts before that time, but [this] set was published in 1742 by his heirs. Doppelmayer lived till (sic) 1750". The set Gingrich refers to is Atlas Novus Coelestis by Doppelmayr (1742).
Beautifully colored, a nice gift for anyone who enjoys early printing, astronomy, and cartography.
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