Andrea Cellarius "“Haemisphaeria sphaerarum" Amsterdam, Schenk & Valk, 1708. Framed Sold

“Haemisphaeria sphaerarum rectae et obliquae utriusque motus et longitudines…”

Finely executed celestial chart illustrating motions of both the celestial and terrestrial motions and longitudes of either sphere, the upright sphere and the oblique sphere along with the influences of the celestial and terrestrial longitudes, and the influences of the stars, from the 1708 Valk & Schenk edition of Andreas Cellarius's Harmonia Macrocosmica.  Andreas Cellarius was born in 1596 in Neuhausen and educated in Heidelberg. He emigrated to Holland in the early 17th Century and 1637 moved to Hoorn, where he became the rector of the Latin School. Cellarius’ Harmonia Macrocosmica, was first issued in 1660 by Jan Jansson, as a supplement to Jansson's Atlas Novus. This chart was published in the Atlas Coelestis; seu Harmonia Macrocosmica, the only celestial atlas to be produced in the Netherlands before the 19^th century. It was a compilation of maps of the Ptolemaic universe and the more modern theories of Copernicus and Brahe, and remains the finest and most highly decorative celestial atlas ever produced.

Copperplate engraving on laid paper
23’ x 20’ sheet.
Archivally framed in carved goldleaf molding
Very good condition.