Mercurii philosophici firmamentum firmianum : descriptionem et usum globi artificialis coelestis, ac asterismos ejusdem ad ineuntem annum 1730. reductos LXXXVI iconismis æri incisis exhibens / authore P. Corbiniano Thomas ...

Accession number: 
PML 151308
Author: 
Thomas, Corbinianus, 1694-1767.
Published: 
Prostat Franckofurti & Lipsiæ : [s.n.], 1730.
Description: 
[6], 212 p., [83] leaves of plates (12 folded) : ill., maps ; 17 x 21 cm
Credit: 
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes: 

Engraved frontispiece, hand-colored with portrait and geographical and mathematical attributes and 83 engraved plates. 57 star maps (many double-paged) with signs of the zodiac. All plates in fine contemporary color heightened in gold.
Illustrated by: Aug. Cris. Fleischmann, I.C. Bernd and Hering.

Binding: 
Turquoise blue and cloth folding case by J.P.W. 1958.
Provenance: 
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Department: