Old antique chart of the Moon showing its motion in an eccentric orbit with epicycles, by A. Cellarius 1708
Andreas Cellarius (Heidelberg, c. 1596 - Hoorn, 1665)
Andreas Cellarius enrolled at Heidelberg University in 1613. Then, after several years as a schoolmaster in The Hague, he became the rector of the Latin School at Hoorn around 1637.
His connection with the Janssonius publishing firm dates from around 1645. This year, Jodocus Janssonius, Johannes's son, published Cellarius's Architectura Militaris, work on fortifications. In 1652 the Amsterdam publisher Gillis Jansz. Valckenier published Cellarius's Regni Poloniae … with 21 maps.
In 1660, Joannes Janssonius added a celestial atlas to his Atlas Major, the beautiful Harmonia Macrocosmica by Andreas Cellarius. In 1661 the atlas was republished as a separate publication. The plates of the Harmonia Macrocosmica were reprinted (without the Latin commentary) in 1708 by the Amsterdam publishers Valk and Schenk.
The Harmonia Macrocosmica is the most beautiful celestial atlas ever published and is one of the notable masterworks from the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. The first part of the atlas contains engravings depicting the world systems of Claudius Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe. At the end are star maps of the classical and further constellations.
Theoria Lunae, eius Motum per Eccentricum et Epicyclum demonstrans.
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Category: Antique maps > Celestial Maps
Old antique celestial chart of the Moon showing its motion in an eccentric orbit with epicycles, by A. Cellarius.
Date of the first edition: 1660
Date of this map: 1708
Copper engraving
Size: 43.5 x 51.5cm (17 x 20.1 inches)
Verso: Blank
Condition: Contemporary old coloured, some browning along centrefold.
Condition Rating: A
References: Van der Krogt 1, HM16:1 State 2.
From: A Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica sea Atlas Coelestis. G. Valk and P. Schenk, 1708. (Van der Krogt 1, 802)
Andreas Cellarius (Heidelberg, c. 1596 - Hoorn, 1665)
Andreas Cellarius enrolled at Heidelberg University in 1613. Then, after several years as a schoolmaster in The Hague, he became the rector of the Latin School at Hoorn around 1637.
His connection with the Janssonius publishing firm dates from around 1645. This year, Jodocus Janssonius, Johannes's son, published Cellarius's Architectura Militaris, work on fortifications. In 1652 the Amsterdam publisher Gillis Jansz. Valckenier published Cellarius's Regni Poloniae … with 21 maps.
In 1660, Joannes Janssonius added a celestial atlas to his Atlas Major, the beautiful Harmonia Macrocosmica by Andreas Cellarius. In 1661 the atlas was republished as a separate publication. The plates of the Harmonia Macrocosmica were reprinted (without the Latin commentary) in 1708 by the Amsterdam publishers Valk and Schenk.
The Harmonia Macrocosmica is the most beautiful celestial atlas ever published and is one of the notable masterworks from the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. The first part of the atlas contains engravings depicting the world systems of Claudius Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe. At the end are star maps of the classical and further constellations.
