Illuminated Engraving by Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1671 – 1750) and printed by Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724)

Illuminated engraving by Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1671 – 1750) and printed by Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724), in Nuremberg in 1742.
“Ephemerides Motuum Coelestium Geometricae”.
Celestial map showing planetary movements based on observations made by Doppelmayr between 1708 and 1709. It also shows Hooke’s calculation of the distance between the Sun and Sirius.
48.5 X 57.5 cm.