Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars IV

by Johann Baptist Homann

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Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1730. Map. Engraving with color wash. Image measures 19 x 22.75 . Page size 19.75 x 23.5 . Beautiful allegorical celestial map featuring Virgo the Maiden and Leo the Lion , Hydra and others. The positions of the stars on the maps are from circa 1730. Fourth chart in a series of six depicting part of the night sky. This map was in Atlas Coelestis a collaboration between Homann

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