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Description
Unusual set of Zodiac models, published in Alexander Jamieson's A Celestial Atlas Comprising A System Display of the Heaven. This work was published in London by G & W.B Wittaker, T. Caddell and N. Hailes in 1822.
The map provides a survey of 9 different celestial models:
- Egyptian Zodiac / Second Hermes
- Egyptian Planisphere of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
- Circular Zodiac of Dendera
- Egyptian Zodiac from the Grand Portico in the Temple of Isis
- Zodiac of Esne (Latopolis)
- Indian Zodiac
- Zodiac of Rasi Chakra
- Oriental Zodiac
Condition Description
Soiled and foxed