18th Century Celestial Charts of the Northern and Southern Skies, Set of 2

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Pair of 18th century celestial charts of the northern and southern skies thomas, corbinianus. Haemisphaerium coeli boreale. [&] haemisphaerium coeli … Read more Pair of 18th century celestial charts of the northern and southern skies thomas, corbinianus. Haemisphaerium coeli boreale. [&] haemisphaerium coeli australe. Frankfurt, 1730. Original colour. Two plates, each 125 x 135mm. The northern & southern celestial spheres, engraved by johann christoph berndt for the celestial atlas 'mercurii philosphici firmamentum firmianum', named for thomas's patron, leopold anton von firmian, archbishop of salzburg. Corbinianus thomas (1694-1767), a benedictine monk, was professor of mathematics and theology at the university of salzburg. His star atlas was first published in 1730 at frankfurt, with a second edition at augsburg the following year. He used an odd system for nomenclature: bayer greek letter for the star, roman numeral for the magnitude and arabic numeral for the star catalogue reference. Kanas: 7.7, 'beautiful illustrations'; warner, p.251. This piece has an attribution mark,
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