Description

Carel Allard – Celestial chart (1700)

Title: Planisphaerii coelestis hemisphaerium meridionale : calculatum ad finem anni MDCC, pro aevo XVIII praesente /
Contributor Names: Allard, Carel, 1648-approximately 1709. Cóvens et Mortier.
Created / Published: [Amsterdam] : I. Cóvens et C. Mortier, [1700].
Medium: 1 chart : hand col., mounted on cloth backing ; 1 hemisphere, 41 cm. in diameter, on sheet 56 x 65 cm.
Summary: Shows hemispheric view with signs of the Zodiac and the constellations shown picorially. “Cum Privilegio Pontissimorum D D Ordinum Hollandiae et Westfrisiae”. Appears in: Atlas nouveau contenant toutes les parties du monde, où sont exactement marqués les empires, monarchies, royaumes, états, républiques &c. Amsterdam: J. Cóvens et C. Mortier, [1683-1761].  Includes tables and notes concerning stars.-  Insets: Solis observation novissima; Lunae effigies, nuper conspecto; Memoranda solis eclipsis; Mercurius; Venus; Mars; Jupiter; Saturnus.