CELLARIUS, A./VALK & SCHENK Lot n° 99

Hemisphaerii Borealis Coeli et Terrae Sphaeri Cascenographia. Amsterdam, Valk & Schenk, 1708. Col. d'époque. Bel exemplaire en col. d'époque. Infimes rousseurs, petite fente marginale en bas du pli central. - In attractive original colours. 420 x 490 mm. Magnifique carte céleste représentant l'hémisphère boréal issue de l'atlas de Cellarius Atlas Coelestis et réédité par Schenk et Valk en 1708. Andreas Cellarius (active from 1656-1702), Dutch mathematician and geographer, rector of the Latin School at Hoorn. He may have been of German or Polish origin, with the name of Keller or Kellner. Cellarius adopted the system of Julius Schiller who renamed all constellations known at that time and sketched them again in order to fit the sky into a system of Christian symbolism. In Cellarius' Atlas Coelestis Schiller's system has been elaborated further. In fact, Schiller became more widely known by Cellarius' atlas than by his own work. Schenk and Valk re-published the book and added their names on the plate.