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Sold Date: 02/22/2011
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Stereographischer Entwurf des Gestirnten Himmels von Nordpol bis zum 38th Grad sudlicher Abweichung von Hernn I. Bode Neu herausgegeben von Herrn F. A. Schraembl . Description: Stricking and beautifully detailed oversize copper engraved Northern circumpolar celestial chart, from central North equatorial pole to 38th degree South, a reissue of Johann Elert Bode's map dated 1787, here published by Schraembl in 1787. It shows constellations in figures according to classical mythology, as well as 18th-century additions created by Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille such as The Sculptor's Workshop and The Pneumatic Pump, which was derived from a recent invention by Robert Boyle.
German astronomer Johann Elert Bode was the astronomer of the Academy of Science in Berlin and director of the Berlin Observatory. Uranographia was his most noted contribution to astronomy, contained 18 celestial maps of constellations, stars, and nebulae. Over17,000 stars (12,000 more than had appeared in earlier charts), 2,500 nebulae (which had been catalogued in the late 1700s by William Herschel), and the constellations delineated over the past three centuries were depicted with attention to accuracy. He also included original constellation designs based on scientific instruments, including a tribute to Herschel called Herschel's Telescope, as well as reinterpretations of the traditional constellations that diverged from conventional depictions. After Bode, major celestial atlases became less artistic and more utilitarian, dispensing with pictorial representations of constellation figures and replacing them with lines that defined their boundaries. Bode is also known for devising a formula to express the relative distances of the planets in our solar system from the sun, which is known as Bode's Law. Date: 1787 (dated)
Source: Schraembal, F. A., Allgemeiner Grosser Atlas, 1788 - 1800 edition.
References: Phillips, P.L. (Atlases) 694-36 Dimensions: Printed area size approx.: cm 62,2 x 64,5 Paper size approx.: cm 62,2 x 81,5 Conditions: Very strong a nd dark impression on very strong paper. Paper with chains and wiremarks. Original colors to the outlines. Wide top and bottom margins. Lateral margins fully missed. Small waterstains. Small browning and foxing. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Cartographer: Franz Anton Schraembl (1751-1803) was a Vienna based cartographer working in the later part of the 18th century. Schraembl was partnered with Joseph von Reilly. His great work, the Allgemeiner Grosser Atlas was started in 1786. This ambitious atlas was to be based upon only the most up-to-date cartographic information available. Schraembl pulled his maps from the work of explorers such as Cook, Roberts, and others. The atlas was finally finished in 1800 but, possibly restricted by its high production cost, enjoyed only relatively minimal circulation.

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