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Astronomical chart

Tabula Selenographica in qua Lunarium Macularum

Cartographer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677-1750)

Artist Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724)

Inscriptionsh. c.: TABULA SELENOGRAPHICA /in qua / Lunarium Macularum Exacta Descriptio secundum Nomenclaturam / Praestantissimorum Astronomorum / tam / HEVELII quam RICCIOLI / Curiosis Rei Sedereae Cultoribus exhibetur / à / Ioh. Gabr. Doppelmajero Math P.P. / opera / Ioh. Baptistae Homanni / Norinbergae

Date About 1742

Medium / Technique Ink on paper
Intaglio, hand-coloured

DimensionsHeight: 48.9 cm (19 1/4 in.) Image width: 57.4 cm (22 5/8 in.) Width: 58.5 cm (23 1/16 in.) Image height: 48.5 cm (19 1/8 in.)

ClassificationTools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Astronomical T&E

Origin Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Object Number1979.257

DivisionArchives - Maps and Plans

CollectionStewart

Status

Not on view

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