COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Pardies, Ignace Gaston, 1636-1673
Date:
1693
Short Title:
Plate 2 in Orthographic Projection with adjoining Plates.
Publisher:
Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Composite Map
Type:
Celestial Map
Obj Height cm:
48
Obj Width cm:
49
Note:
The plate has been changed from gnomonic to orthographic projection using GIS. Second edition. First edition was published in 1674 and this second edition in 1693 after Pardies' death in 1673. A Third edition appeared in 1700. This copy is the six sheets of star charts only without binding, pages numbered 84-89, so probably removed from an atlas. Each sheet has engraved text panels in Latin and French. The projection is gnomonic so the six charts make up a cube of the universe. Elegant original color is used. The paths of several important comets are shown. These charts served as models for the star charts of William Dawes published by the SDUK in 1844 (see our 4063.000). From the Linda Hall Library exhibition catalog: "Pardies' star atlas is stylistically one of the most attractive ever published. Pardies took his constellation figures primarily from Bayer's Uranometria, but since each chart covers a large section of the sky, these figures had to be carefully integrated, which was not an easy task. Pardies' engraver accomplished this task with great success...The plate(which) shows Hercules, Ophiuchus] Scorpius, Sagittarius, Aquila, and Lyra,..is one of the most stunning compositions in the history of celestial cartography."
Reference:
Warner "The Sky Explored" pp196-98; Kanas, "Star Maps" p159; Tooley Dictionary. View Map in Google …
Subject:
Celestial
Full Title:
Plate 2 and adjoining plates in Orthographic Projection, Transformed from Gnomonic.
List No:
6900.018
Series No:
18
Engraver or Printer:
Duchange, Gaspard
Publication Author:
Pardies, Ignace Gaston, 1636-1673
Pub Date:
1693
Pub Title:
(Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio... Opus Postumum) (Six star charts on a gnomonic projection)
Pub Reference:
Warner "The Sky Explored" pp196-98; Kanas, "Star Maps" p159; Tooley Dictionary.
Pub Note:
Second edition. First edition was published in 1674 and this second edition in 1693 after Pardies' death in 1673. A Third edition appeared in 1700. This copy is the six sheets of star charts only without binding, pages numbered 84-89, so probably removed from an atlas. Each sheet has engraved text panels in Latin and French. The projection is gnomonic so the six charts make up a cube of the universe. Elegant original color is used. The paths of several important comets are shown. These charts served as models for the star charts of William Dawes published by the SDUK in 1844 (see our 4063.000). From the Linda Hall Library exhibition catalog: "Pardies' star atlas is stylistically one of the most attractive ever published. Pardies took his constellation figures primarily from Bayer's Uranometria, but since each chart covers a large section of the sky, these figures had to be carefully integrated, which was not an easy task. Pardies' engraver accomplished this task with great success...The plate(which) shows Hercules, Ophiuchus] Scorpius, Sagittarius, Aquila, and Lyra,..is one of the most stunning compositions in the history of celestial cartography."
Pub List No:
6900.000
Pub Type:
Celestial Atlas
Pub Maps:
6
Pub Height cm:
48
Pub Width cm:
70
Image No:
6900018
Authors:
Pardies, Ignace Gaston, 1636-1673
Link To Source
Plate 2 in Orthographic Projection with adjoining Plates.
