Star chart or map of the heavens, 1684 and/or 1792. 'Door dit hemels pleyn wert vertoondt den gehelen loop des hemels der vaste sterren met haer beeltenisse'. (By this celestial pleyn wert, the whole course of heaven of the fixed stars with her image). Map of the constellations. The map is divided horizontally into 12 months from October. The lower 1/3 has the same division in twelve with the corresponding constellations and their important data: hours, signs, degrees. Bottom right the 'lost constellation' of the 'Noah's Ark'. The tables containing the data are coloured.

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