Nuremberg 1671.
An acclaimed astronomer, was born in Nuremburg in 1671. He was a member of the Royal Society of London and the Academies of Berlin, Vienna and St. Petersburg. He visited astronomers in many countries, and hence in addition to the star charts and selenographic map, the atlas includes “diagrams illustrating the planetary system of Copernicus, Tycho and Riccioli; the ecliptic theories of Kepler, Boulliau, Seth Ward and Mercator; the lunar theories of Tycho, Horrocks and Newton, and Halley’s cometary theory” (DSB).
Bland arbeten.
Atlas novus Coelestis. Nuremberg: Homann’s Heirs, 1742.
First edition, folio (560 x 390mm), engraved allegorical additional titles (plain), title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved index listing 30 subjects and 30 double-page engraved celestial charts and diagrams, some incorporating miniature world maps or spandrel illustrations of astronomical observatories, in contemporary hand colour and wash.
Doppelmayr, an acclaimed astronomer, was born in Nuremberg in 1671. He was a member of the Royal Society of London and the Academies of Berlin, Vienna and St. Petersburg.
It is not surprising that Dopplemayr collaborated with Germany’s leading map publisher Johann Baptist Homann on both the terrestrial and celestial maps included in this atlas. He visited astronomers in many countries and hence in addition to the star charts and selenographic map, the atlas includes “diagrams illustrating the planetary system of Copernicus, Tycho, and Riccilio; the ecliptic theories of Kepler, Bouliaeu, Seth Ward and Mercator; the lunar theories of Tycho, Horrocks and Newton, and Halley’s cometary theory” (DSB IV, p. 166).
Sotheby's
1747-1832.
Naval commission in 1764, retiring as vice-admiral 1790. The royal letter of discharge lauded him for his 'splendid fidelity and bravery.'
Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin.
1645-ca. 1718. Född i Elberfeld i Preussen, död i Amsterdam.
Holländsk kopparstickare och kartograf. Han kom i tidiga år till Holland och blev elev till kopparstickare Gerard Valck (se denne) i Amsterdam. Han utförde till att börja med topografiska planscher, senare porträtt och stick med historiska och bibliska motiv. Totalt känner man till över 600 av hans arbeten. Tillsammans med sin lärare och svärfar, G. Valck, drev han en omfattande konst- och karthandel, vari de bl.a. tog upp J. Janssonius' (se denne) atlas. 1702 gav han ut en samling stadsöversikter, 'Hecatompoli' i 100 blad, och ca. 1709 en 'Atlas Contractus'. 1731 upprättade hans änka och sonen Leonard Schenk en överenskommelse om firmans framtid. En annan son, Peter Schenk, hade under åren 1730-50 en bokhandel i Amsterdam och var även kartutgivare.
Bland arbeten.
Hecatompoli.
Atlas Contractus.
Kleerkooper. - Phillips. - Thieme-Becker. - Tooley.
Gulddistriktet Klondike - ca 1897.
Kornfibla, Scorzonera humilis - Lindman, C. A. M, Bilder ur Nordens Flora 1917-26.
