Schenck, Peter

[Double Hemisphere Celestial Chart with Classical Constellations] Planisphærium Coeleste. Amsterdam: circa 1705 

Copper-engraved map (sheet size: 508 x 597 mm). 🔯Full orig♑inal color; minor soiling. 

A striking celestial chart, accomplished by one of the period's greatest mapmakers

This double hemisphere celestial chart gives the Classical constellations north and south as well seven illustrations of various astronomical theories and phenomena including a comparison of stellar magnitudes, three t🅺heories of the planetary arrangement of our system, an illustration of lunar eclipses, the lunar influence on tides, and the passage of the Earth around the sun.

REFERENCE

Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici Sche 1 & p.119