Book Collection
Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica by Andreas Cellarius. These prints are from the 2nd edition that was published in 1708.
The print on the left is titled "Haemisphaerivm Scenographicum Australe Coeli Stellati et Terrae", and it shows the constellations of the Southern Hemisphere superimposed over the Earth showing Africa and Antarctica. The print on the right is titled "Haemisphaerium Stellatum Australe Cum Aequali Sphaerarum Proportione", and it shows the constellations of the Southwestern Hemisphere superimposed over the Earth showing Central America, South America, and Antarctica.
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The print on the left is titled "Haemisphaerium Stellatum Boreale Cum Subiecto Hemisphaerio Terrestri", and it shows a full hemispheric map of the Northern Sky as seen from Earth. The print on the right is titled "Haemisphaerium Stellatum Australe Antiquum", and it shows the constellations of the Southern Hemisphere.
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The print on the left is titled "Solis Circa Orbem Terrarum Spiralis Revolutio", and it illustrates the Sun's annual motion along the ecliptic. The print on the right is titled "Coeli Stellati Christiani Haemisphaerium Prius", and it shows the constellations depicted using the Christian symbolism that Julius Schiller proposed.
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The print on the left, titled "Corporum Coelestium Magnitudines", illustrates the sizes of the Sun, planets and stars of magnitudes 1 through 6 as they understood them at the time. The print on the right, titled "Haemisphaeria Sphaerarum Rectae et Obliquae Utriusque Motus et Longitudines tam Coelestes quam Terrestres ac Stellarum Affectiones Monsrantia", illustrates the relationship between the equatorial and ecliptic coordinate systems.
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The print on the left, titled "Scenographia Systematis Mundani Ptolemaici", illustrates the Ptolemaic System of the Universe and it is the second print from the atlas. The print on the right, titled "Tychonis Brahe Caluculus Planetarum Cursus", illustrates Tycho Brahe's model of the Universe.
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