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Artist: Johann Bayer (1572-1625)
Title: Uranometria - Auriga
Method: Copper-line engraving with later hand-colouring
Date: 1661
Size: 550mm by 650mm (frame)
Id Number: 03725
Description: From Bayer’s landmark atlas of the stars Uranometria, initially published in 1603, this edition 1661. This series is famous for the beauty of its engravings and the accuracy of the charts, each plate has a carefully engraved grid, so that star positions can be read off to fractions of a degree.
Framed.
$1200 AUD
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