Live auction - Lot 487
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[Celestial map]
Corporum coelestium magnitudines.
[C. 1660]
Hammer price: €
1.900
€ 1.000 / 1.500
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Lot description
Engr., 43 x 52,3 cm, hand-coloured (bl. margins sl. soiled).
Underlaid.
Spectacular map depicting the magnitude of various celestial bodies. Along the spheres, 5 putti holding the title cartouche in 2 parts, with many smaller and bigger putti. First published in Cellarius' "Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica [...]" in 1660, considered as one of the most beautiful celestial atlases. Engr. by Johannes van Loon. Verso blank.
Ref. Koeman IV Cel1.
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