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Stereographic Projection of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere

Striking star chart, marvelously engraved. Shows a full panorama of the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere.

Price: $245.00

[ Amsterdam City Hall Floor Map ] De Grondt en Vloer vande Groote Burger Sael

A bird’s-eye view of the floor design of the Amsterdam Town Hall in the second half of the 17th century, showing the one of earliest public depictions of Tasman’s discoveries on the Australian continent.

Price: $1,800.00

(Christian-Aristotelian View of the Cosmos) Die sanctificatione septime diei [The Sanctification of the Seventh Day] [on sheet with:] Die opere sexte diei. Folium V [On the work of the sixth day.]

This leaf from Hartmann Schedel's 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle contains two significant illustrations depicting scenes from the creation story in Genesis. The recto (front side) shows an elaborate circular woodcut depicting the seventh day of creation, known as "De Sanctificatione Septime Diei" (The Sanctification of the Seventh Day). The image portrays a hierarchy of celestial spheres surmounted by God enthroned, symbolizing the heavens and the completion of creation. Angels, saints, and the entire order of the cosmos are depicted around concentric circles, each labeled with references to spheres such as "primum mobile" (the outermost moving sphere), celestial bodies, and elements in medieval cosmology. Figures of the winds appear at the bottom and the top, adding to the sense of cosmic order.

Price: $2,800.00

Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Nautica ventorum nomina sex linguis repraesentans

The Medieval 32 Point Compass Rose

Price: $2,800.00

Planisphaerium Coeleste

Scarce decorative celestial map by Matthaus Seutter, published in Augsburg circa 1730.

Price: $1,900.00

[ Orion / Canis Minor / Lepus ]

Rare separately issued plate from John Bevis' Celestial Atlas, illustrating Orion, Canis Minor, Lepus and neighboring constellations.

Price: $1,200.00