Lot 1164
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SWINDEN, J.H. v. Beschrijving van een kunststuk, verbeeldende een volledig bewegelijk hemels-gestel, uitgedacht en vervaardigd d. Eise Eisinga. 2e dr. Franeker, T.J. Tuinstra, 1824. lxiv, (4), 158, (1) pp. W. lithogr. front.-portr. of Eisinga, 3 lge-fold. engr. plates on heavy paper by B.W. Dietz after K.J. Sannes, in beautiful contemporary handcolouring. Old brds. w. paper ti-label on spine, uncut. (Spine a bit foxed, small tears to large plates, lower margin faintly stained at the beginning, some minor foxing).
The very rare and large engravings show the interior with an astrological chart on the ceiling in the Eisinga Planetarium, the oldest working Planetarium in the world. Eisinga built it in his house in Franeker between the years 1774 and 1781. The interior has an astrological chart on the ceiling, with dials indicating the movement of the Moon at the far end. - Second edition, enlarged with the plates & appendix. - Bierens de Haan 4737.€ 1200
result € 4000
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