March 13, 2003
Star-Charts
From Out of this world - the golden age of the celestial atlas, a marvellous exhibition formed from the collection of the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Missouri, comes this selection of 16th, 17th and 18th century star-charts. Clicking on the images will open larger, pop-up versions of the same; the links in the title captions below each image go back to the relevant pages in the exhibition site.
Honter, Johannes. Imagines Constellationum Borealium [- Australium], in: Ptolemy, Claudius. Omnia quae extant opera. Basel, 1541.
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Bayer, Johann. Uranometria. Augsburg, 1603.
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Schiller, Julius. Coelum stellatum Christianum. Augsburg, 1627.
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Cellarius, Andreas. Harmonia macrocosmica. Amsterdam, 1661.
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Pardies, Ignace-Gaston. Globi coelestis. Paris, 1674.
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La Hire, Philippe. Planisphere celeste septentrional [-meridional]. Paris, 1705.
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Hevelius, Johannes. Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia. Gdansk, 1690.
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Flamsteed, John. Atlas celeste. Ed. J. Fortin. Paris, 1776.
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Wonderful eye candy - thank you! I particularly like the Andreas Cellarius.
Posted by: Emily on March 15, 2003 07:42 AMFasinating images!
Posted by: Fire and ice on March 16, 2003 01:33 PM