Mapping the Heavens - Celestial cartography from Bayer to Schwinck

Mapping the Heavens - Celestial cartography from Bayer to Schwinck

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Item #001836 Planisphaerium stellatum seu vice-globus coelestis in plano delineatus. Gui adiectae...

From the Macclesfield Library

Planisphaerium stellatum seu vice-globus coelestis in plano delineatus. Gui adiectae sunt Ephemerides V. planetarum ab anno MDCLXII ad MDCLXXXVI. Catalogus urbium praecipuarum in Europa, Asia, & Africa. Opera et studio A.Goldmayeri.

Nuremberg: Christoph Gerhard for Paul Fürst, 1662. Small 4to (197x153 mm), [44], 3-152, [164] pp., engraved frontispiece, 9 (6 folding) engraved plates, woodcut diagrams in text, contemporary speckled calf, some occasional browning and spotting, spine chipped, hinges cracked but firm, some headlines of larger size table at the end cut..... More

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Item #001848 Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis...

The first atlas to cover the entire celestial sphere

Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa.

Ulm: Johann Görlin, 1655. Folio (395x310 mm). Engraved title-page and 51 unfolded engraved plates of celestial constellations by Alexander Mair. Modern full calf, spine titled in gilt, old endpapers included, pastedowns renewed. Margins of title and some plates frayed, carefully cleaned, very little browning and spotting, title and few plates..... More

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Item #001838 Atlas novus coelestis XXVII tabulas continens stellas inter polum borealem et...

Atlas novus coelestis XXVII tabulas continens stellas inter polum borealem et trigesimum gradum declinationis australis ad huc observatas.

Göttingen: 1822. Large folio (527x323 mm). Double-page engraved title, 27 double-page engraved star maps mounted on guards, very light foxing to title, minor staining to upper corners and occasional spotting or soiling. Contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, later marbled boards and endpapers. Provenance: Library of Gerald F. Fitzgerald. A fine..... More

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Item #001840 Results of Astronomical Observations Made During the Years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, at the...

Monumental survey of the southern sky

Results of Astronomical Observations Made During the Years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, at the Cape of Good Hope; Being the Completion of a Telescopic Survey of the Whole Surface of the Visible Heavens Commence in 1825.

London: Smith Elder and Co. Cornhill, 1847. Folio (314x251 mm). [5], vi-xx, 452, [2: errata], [2: ads] pp., lithographed frontispiece after Herschel by Ford, 17 engraved plates (4 folding), half-title (browned), minor discoloration to upper margin of frontispiece (not affecting image), very light foxing in blank upper margins of a...... More

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Item #001839 Mappa Coelestis sive Tabulae Quinque inerrantium septimum ordinem non excedentium et...

The first atlas including stars down to the seventh magnitude

Mappa Coelestis sive Tabulae Quinque inerrantium septimum ordinem non excedentium et usque ad XXX gradum decl. Austr. Pertinentium quas pro medio Seculo XIX stereographice construxit.

Leipzig: K. F. Köhler, 1843. Large oblong folio (597x664 mm). 3 unnumbered leaves including typographic title and dedication page, 5 engraved star charts printed in black and red after Schwinck by C. E. Weber. Marginal soiling and repaired central vertical crease to title-page, text and plates, plates 3-5 with small..... More

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Item #101545 Catalogus novus stellarum duplicium et multiplicium maxima ex parte in specula...

The first detailed catalog of double stars

Catalogus novus stellarum duplicium et multiplicium maxima ex parte in specula Universitatis Caesareae Dorpatensis per magnum telescopium achromaticum Fraunhoferi detectarum.

Dorpat: Schuenemann, 1827. Folio (34x21cm), half title, title, [4], lii, 88 pp., errata slip, 2 (1 folding) engraved plates; plates slightly foxed, text bright and clean. Original papercard board with paper label on cover. Cover slightly soiled. Ex Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Poggendorff II, 1037; Honeyman 2931; DSB XIII, 112;..... More

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