Hypothesis Ptolemaica, Sive Communis, Planetarum Motus Per Eccentricos, Et Epicyclos Demonstrans

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Published, Amsterdam: Schenk & Valk, 1708. Engraving with original hand color (approx. 20 X 20 3/4 inches). A celestial diagram showing Ptolemy's thesis with Saturn as the outermost planet, the earth at center, and the sun and remaining planets orbiting around earth. From "Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica" the first celestial atlas produced in the Netherlands. Cellarius combined the theories of Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Brahe to produce one of the most lauded and decorative celestial atlases ever created. N° de ref. del artículo CMC0354

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