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DOPPELMAYR, Johann Gabriel (1671-1750). Atlas coelestis in quo mundus spectabilis. Nuremberg: Homann's Heirs, 1742.
2° (520 x 319mm). Additional engraved allegorical title by J.C. Reinsperger after J.J. Preisler, engraved title-page with vignette, index, 30 double-page engraved plates, partially hand-coloured, mounted on guards. (Lower margin of plate 13 cropped, affecting border.) Modern calf gilt, slipcase.
FIRST EDITION OF DOPPLEMAYR'S IMPORTANT ASTRONOMICAL WORK. The plates depict celestial charts with diagrams, tables and views of observatories and were intended as an introduction to the fundamentals of astronomy. 'Besides being a star chart and a selenographic map, the Atlas includes diagrams illustrating the planatery systems of Copernicus, Tycho, and Riccioli; the elliptic theories of Kepler, Boulliau, Seth Ward, and Mercator; the lunar theories of Tycho, Horrocks, and Newton; and Halley's cometary theory.' (DSB IV, p.166).
2° (520 x 319mm). Additional engraved allegorical title by J.C. Reinsperger after J.J. Preisler, engraved title-page with vignette, index, 30 double-page engraved plates, partially hand-coloured, mounted on guards. (Lower margin of plate 13 cropped, affecting border.) Modern calf gilt, slipcase.
FIRST EDITION OF DOPPLEMAYR'S IMPORTANT ASTRONOMICAL WORK. The plates depict celestial charts with diagrams, tables and views of observatories and were intended as an introduction to the fundamentals of astronomy. 'Besides being a star chart and a selenographic map, the Atlas includes diagrams illustrating the planatery systems of Copernicus, Tycho, and Riccioli; the elliptic theories of Kepler, Boulliau, Seth Ward, and Mercator; the lunar theories of Tycho, Horrocks, and Newton; and Halley's cometary theory.' (DSB IV, p.166).
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