"Planisferio Celeste Meridionale…" Southern hemisphere celestial. ZATTA 1779 map


Planisferio Celeste Meridionale tagliato sull' Equatore. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Antonio Zatta, G Zuliani (scolp); G Pitteri (scri.). Provenance: "Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai piu' celebri e piu' recenti geografi", in Venezia MDCCLXXXII, presso Antonio Zatta con privilegio dell' Eccellmo Senato. Type: Antique 18th century Italian copperplate map with original hand colour. A finely engraved and coloured celestial chart of the southern hemisphere, with vignette views of the observatories at Paris, Greenwich, Cassel and Copenhagen.


Size: 5502px × 4259px
Location: Astronomy
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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