The Southern Celestial Hemisphere superimposed over the Terrestial Sphere Hæmisphærium Stellatum Australe Æquali Sphærarum Proportione

by Andreas Cellarius, c.

$7,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

One of the finest and most highly decorative celestial charts ever produced. This artistically virtuous composition presents a view of the constellations of the Southern celestial hemisphere, as considered by Ancient Greek custom, superimposed on the southern portion of the western hemisphere, including Terra Australis, a large southern polar continent. It is from the Harmonia Macrocosmica seu Atlas Universalis et Novus Harmonious Universe or New and Universal Atlas by

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