Sign In

- Or use -
Forgot Password Create Account
  • Antique Maps
  • Celestial & Space
  • [Untitled Armillary Sphere]
This item has been sold, but you can enter your email address to be notified if another example becomes available.
Stock# 0256
Download Small Image
Map Maker
E. Cortambert
Title
[Untitled Armillary Sphere]
Publication Place / Date
Paris / 1790
Image Dimensions
5.5 x 3 inches
Color
Uncolored
Condition
VG
Stock# 0256
SOLD
Request Info
Sell Us a Map
Add to Wishlist
Print

Map Maker
Authenticity Guarantee
Map Maker
Fast, Global Shipping
Description

Striking armillary sphere, likely issued by Cortambert or Tardieu at the end of the 18th Century as the frontice piece or early cosmographic image in a contemporary atlas. We have seen less ornate versions of the same armillary sphere, but never this particular one.

Related Categories
Related Items

(Tychonic and Copernican Models) Astronomia Comparativa in qua Planetarum primaria Phaenomena, ad motum Spectantia e Planetis nostri respectu. . .

(Tychonic and Copernican Models) Astronomia Comparativa in qua Planetarum primaria Phaenomena, ad motum Spectantia e Planetis nostri respectu. . .

A fascinating 18th-century depiction of the Solar System, focused on a large display showing the Copernican system. 

Price: $ 450.00
[Tycho Brahe Celestial Model & Time Clock]

[Tycho Brahe Celestial Model & Time Clock]

A Celestial / Scientific Rarity

Price: $ 1,900.00
A View of the Principal Mountains Throughout the World Shewing their Comparative Heights with a key Founded on Geometrical Admeasurements (with Key Sheet)

A View of the Principal Mountains Throughout the World Shewing their Comparative Heights with a key Founded on Geometrical Admeasurements (with Key Sheet)

Rare separately published aquatint engraving of the comparative heights of the mountains (and volcanos) throughout the world, with a rare separate key identiying the names of the illustrated peaks.

Price: $ 375.00
Taurus

Taurus

Striking star chart, marvelously engraved and delicately colored. Shows the featured constellations in color with neighboring stars and constellations without color.

Price: $ 275.00
[ Lyra ] (Stars Heightened in Gold)

[ Lyra ] (Stars Heightened in Gold)

Striking full color example of Bayer's celestial chart of Lyra.

Price: $ 795.00
Declaration of Independence The Original of this was Designed & Executed entirely with a Pen by Gilman R. Russell Teacher of Practical, Plan & Ornamental Writing and Drawing

Declaration of Independence The Original of this was Designed & Executed entirely with a Pen by Gilman R. Russell Teacher of Practical, Plan & Ornamental Writing and Drawing

Commenorating the 80th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (and Promoting Calligraphy Lessons!)

Price: $ 2,400.00