COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Date:
1792
Short Title:
Globo Celeste 2.
Publisher:
Calcographia Camerale.
Publisher Location:
Rome
Type:
Celestial Map
Type:
Globe Gores
Obj Height cm:
50
Obj Width cm:
34
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
Relief shown pictorially. Second of 4 sheets of gores to make up a globe. Includes legend "Grandezze delle Stelle." Features a particularly decorative projection of the heavens and is attractively colored, with the constellations shown in their classical forms. Appeared in the author's Nuovo atlante geografico universale delineate suelle ultime osservazioni, Roma : Presso la Calcografia Camerale, 1792-1801.
Reference:
P670; Dekker, p. 66; Dahl & Gauvin, Sphaerae Mundi early globes at the Stewart Museum, p.131-134.
Subject:
Celestial
Full Title:
(Globo Celeste calcolato peril corrente anno sulle osservazioni de Sigg. Flamsteed e de la Caille. Roma : Calc(ografi)a Cam(era)le, 1792. Inciso dal P. Gio. Ma. Cassini, C.R.S.)
List No:
5750.002
Series No:
2
Publication Author:
Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Pub Date:
1792
Pub Title:
Globo Celeste calcolato peril corrente anno sulle osservazioni de Sigg. Flamsteed e de la Caille. Roma : Calc(ografi)a Cam(era)le, 1792. Inciso dal P. Gio. Ma. Cassini, C.R.S.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
5750.000
Pub Type:
Celestial Atlas
Pub Type:
Globe Gores
Pub Maps:
6
Pub Height cm:
59
Pub Width cm:
64
Image No:
5750002
Authors:
Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
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