[Astral map]
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638.
[Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638.]
[Metius, Adriaan, 1570-1635] (Author)
Graphic
[Apud Gvilielmo Blaev. 1633]
Amsterdam]
1628
1 print ; plate mark 328 x 350mm (trimmed). on sheet 328 x 350mm (trimmed).; 340 x 365 mm.
Paper
Latin
Netherlands
In the upper left corner, in a cartouche attached to the celestial sphere: "Delineavit et excudit Guiljelmus Blaeuw. Anno 1628"; Write in Latin in the celestial chart: the names of the astral signs with their symbols; the names of the months; the name and coordinates of the constellations and stars corresponding to the astral signs and months.
Pr. [2] of: "Metius, Adrianus (Adriaan Adriaansz), 1571-1635, OPERA OMNIA ASTRONOMICA, Tome I, Primvm mobile, astronomice, sciographice, geometrice, & hydrographice, nova Methodo explicatum [...] mathematicis, Apud Gvilielmo Blaev., 1633"
The sheet and the plate mark are trimmed on the right side. One watermark: a bird (probably an eagle); Not mentionned in the bibliography; In Tome I: Adriani Metii Alcmar. D. M. & Matheos professoris ordin. in Acad. Frisiorum, Primvm mobile, astronomice, sciographice, geometrice, & hydrographice, nova Methodo explicatum [...] mathematicis, Apud Gvilielmo Blaev. 1633"
Fear
AstronomyScientific observationsSky MapCelestial sphereAstrologyMonthsCoordinates
Biblioteca Corsiniana
Fondo Corsini
143.D.12_tom.I_p.[VI]_tav.[2]
Link to mother card
143.D.12_tom.I_and_tom.III_and_tom.IV_tav[1]-[209]