La Sphere Artificielle Ou Armilaire Oblique, ...
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An attractive scientific plate with a large armillary sphere (an instrument displaying planetary orbits) at its centre. The plate also includes two hemisphere maps; the Western showing the Americas with an island California and partial outline of New Zealand, and the Eastern with partial Australian and Tasmanian outlines. The mapmaker, Desnos, seems to exhibit some doubt as to whether California is an island or a peninsula - his shading of the coastlines is rather ambiguous. Additional charts surrounding the central armillary sphere indicate the planetary schemes of Cassini, Brahe, Copernicus and Ptolemy. Individual planets, as well as diagrams of the sun and moon, are also shown as observed by the astronomers. This wealth of information is completed with two celestial hemisphere diagrams, in addition to the main armillary, and extensive copperplate text in French describing and explaining all. A most interesting and insightful item.
region: Celestials / Star Charts
mapmaker:
L.Desnos
place and date of publication:
Paris 1762
medium and colour:
copperplate, Coloured
ref:
32066
size in cms: 67 x 43 Price: £ 1400 |
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