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.
Stock ID : 21482
£400
£400
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.
Stock ID : 21482
£400
£400