Andreas Cellarius: Haemisphaerium Scenographicum Australe Coeli Stellati et Terrae
Valk & Schenk, Amsterdam, (1660) 1708
Spectacular Star Map of the Southern Sky by Andreas Cellarius.This celestial hemisphere shows the classical constellations of the southern skies over a globe showing South America, Southern...
Old coloured celestial map. Printed in Amsterdam by Valk & Schenk in 1708.
Tobias Conrad Lotter: Planisphaerium Coeleste
circa 1750
A very decorative double hemisphere celestial chart. The smaller circular diagram showing the rotation of the Planets, according to Tycho Brahe, Ptolemy and Copernicus. Further decorated with...
Old coloured celestial map. Printed circa 1750.
Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr: Tabula Selenographica in qua Lunarium Macularum
J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1730
Decorative map of the surface of the moon in two hemispheres. Surrounded by small illustrations of the lunar eclipse.
Old coloured celestial map. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1730.
Johann Baptist Homann: Geographische Universal-Zeig und Schlag-Uhr
J.B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720
Curious Depiction of California as an Island.Illustration of a geographical clock by Zacharias Landteck, who manufactured it in the early 1700's in Nuremberg. The engraving was created by J....
Old coloured map of California as an Island. Printed in Nuremberg by J.B. Homann circa 1720.
Andreas Cellarius: Atlas Coelestius: seu Harmonia Macrocosmica
Valk & Schenk, Amsterdam, (1660) 1708
Old coloured title page of Andreas Cellarius' star atlas Harmonia Macrocosmica Seu Atlas Universalis Et Novus first published by J. Janssonius in 1660. This title page is from the reissue by Valk...
Old coloured title page. Printed in Amsterdam by Valk & Schenk in 1708.
Anonymous: [Celestial Chart - Himmelskarte]
Vienna, before 1569
Unrecorded Star Map of the 16th Century.A large, scarce 16th century celestial chart of the northern sky. We could not locate any bibliographical information about this engraving. It is...
Exceptionally rare star map of the northern sky. Most likely printed in Vienna before 1569.
Nicolas de Fer: Planisphere Celeste Meridionale (and) Planisphere Celeste Septentrional
Paris, 1705
Two separate charts of southern and northern Hemisphere according to Philippe de la Hire (1640-1714). Hemisphere with surround of text and engraved dedication to Jean Paul Bignon from Herman van Loon.
Coloured celestial map. Printed in Paris in the year 1705.
Tobias Conrad Lotter: Globus Terrestris ad Sphaeram Obliquam Delineatus / Globus Coelestis cum Astrodictico Artificiali...
1774
Hand colored engraving showing terrestrial and celestial globes.
Old coloured engraving of a pair of globes. Published in 1774.
Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr: Ephemerides Motuum Coelestium Geometricae
J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, 1742
Copper engraved map of the planetary motion as per observations of 1708 and 1709 by J. G. Doppelmayr. Also showing the Hooke's calculation of the distance between the Sun and Sirius. From "Atlas...
Old coloured celestial map. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann in 1742.
Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr: Phaenomena in Planetis Primariis Quae facies diversas, ex illorum phasibus, maculis et fasciis...
J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, 1742
Copper engraved map of the major planets by J. G. Doppelmayr. Showing the phases of the planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) as it can be seen from the Earth, explanation of the...
Old coloured celestial map. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann in 1742.
Emanuel Bowen: The Solar System, with the Orbit of 5 remarkable Comets.
E. Bowen, London, 1747
Fascinating model of the solar system out to Saturn. Showing the orbits of 5 comets, the date the comets first appeared, the period and a prediction on the next appearance. One comet out of the...
Engraving of the solar system with comets. Published by E. Bowen in London in 1747.
Johann Baptist Homann: Theoria Planetarum Primariorum
Nuremberg, circa 1746
Hand coloured copper engraving from J.G. Doppelmaier by J.B. Homann, showing orbit of the planets.
Doppelmaier's map of the orbit of the planets. Published in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann in 1746.
Homann Erben: Schematismus geographiae mathematicae
Nuremberg, 1753
Copper engraved map of the solar system after Schatz by Homann Erben. Showing the round solar system with globe, compass rose and an armillary sphere. Dated 1753.
Antique celestial map. Printed in Nuremberg in the year 1753.
Homann Erben: Vorstellung der in der Nacht zwischen den 8. u. 9. Aug. 1748
Nuremberg, 1748
Hand coloured copper engraving from T. Mayer by Homann Heirs, showing the lunar eclipse of August 1748. With the coloured moon and hemisphere.
Old coloured map of the moon. Published in Nuremberg in 1748,