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Corporu(m) (C)oelestium Magnitudines

Adler Planetarium

Adler Planetarium
Chicago, United States

Plate from Cellarius' "Atlas Coelestis, seu Harmonia Macrocosmica." Chart comparing sizes of various celestial bodies. This hand-colored plate from Andreas Cellarius's Harmonia Macrocosmica (an atlas published in 1661) shows the relative sizes of the planets and stars to that of the Earth, according to the old geocentric theories of Ptolemy.

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  • Title: Corporu(m) (C)oelestium Magnitudines
  • Type: Work on paper
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