18th century illustration of the constellation Cetus
THOMAS, Corbinianus.
Cetus.
Frankfurt, 1730. Original colour. 135 x 120mm.
A chart of the constellation of Cetus, represented as a sea serpent, 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.
Stock ID : 21486
£300
£300
18th century illustration of the constellation Cetus
THOMAS, Corbinianus.
Cetus.
Frankfurt, 1730. Original colour. 135 x 120mm.
A chart of the constellation of Cetus, represented as a sea serpent, 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.
Stock ID : 21486
£300
£300