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| Cartograph: |
Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (*1671 - †1750) |
| Title: |
Tabula Selenographica in qua Lunarium Macularum |
| Publisher/ Year: |
Nuremberg, J. B. Homann, circa 1730 |
| Sheet Size: |
51.0 x 61.0 cm (20.1 x 24.0 inches) |
| Plate Size: |
49.0 x 58.5 cm (19.3 x 23.0 inches) |
| Reference: |
Tooley Oddities 49 |
| Decorative map of the surface of the moon in two hemispheres. Surrounded by small illustrations of the lunar eclipse. |
| Small creases in margin repaired, centrefold backed with Japan paper. |
| About the Cartograph/ Printer: J. G. Doppelmayr was a Germany mathematician, cartographer and astronomer born 1671 in Nuremberg. He became Professor of Mathematics in 1704 until his death in 1750. In 1742 he completed his "Atlas Coelestis" together with Johann Baptist Homann. He was also member of the Royal Societies in Berlin and St. Petersburg. |
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