Accession number
PML 5639.27
Creator
Bonnart, Nicolas, 1637-1718, engraver, publisher.
Published
A Paris : Chez N. Bonnart, rüe St. Jacques, à l'aigle [169-].
Notes
Title from item.
One of a series of 9 engravings illustrating the 9 muses (see PML 5639.24-32)
Four lines of verse in two columns below caption title: Je vous éleve au Ciel, hommes les plus sçavans ... Les moindres mouvemens, et le cours des Etoiles.
Item no. 27 of v. 2 of a set of 2 bound albums containing a total 170 collected engravings (see PML 5638-39).
Print mounted on bound leaf measuring 524 x 352 mm
One of a series of 9 engravings illustrating the 9 muses (see PML 5639.24-32)
Four lines of verse in two columns below caption title: Je vous éleve au Ciel, hommes les plus sçavans ... Les moindres mouvemens, et le cours des Etoiles.
Item no. 27 of v. 2 of a set of 2 bound albums containing a total 170 collected engravings (see PML 5638-39).
Print mounted on bound leaf measuring 524 x 352 mm
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 233 x 177 mm; plate mark: 275 x 192 mm; sheet: 316 x 221 mm
Summary
Print shows Urania as a woman in 17th century dress, sitting in armchair, holding an armillary sphere and resting her elbow on a large globe at right.
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