BLAEU, Willem Janszoon. Sphaera Stellifera..a Guilielmo Ianssonio, magni Tychonis quondam discipulo accuratissime dispositum . [Amsterdam], dated 1603 but after 1621. Celestial table globe, diameter 13 ½ inches (34cm), overall height 20 inches (51cm). 12 engraved gores and 2 polar calottes laid to the ecliptic poles, partially hand-coloured, unvarnished, elaborate title, dedication and address cartouches, decorative constellation figures (slightly discoloured, occasional chipping of paper surface and minor surface cracks at gore edges). Brass pinions and meridian ring, graduated on one face, numbered '4' at hour circle (lacking hour circle and pointer, pinions replaced). Horizon bar stained and worn with loss of engraved surface. The globe mounted on a Dutch style ebonised and oak stand, the horizon ring carried by four turned legs, passing through cross-beams, supporting a large turned wooden base-plate with wooden centrepost (a few minor cracks to horizon bar). A fine and unsophisticated example of the 34cm Blaeu table globe. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), one of the greatest globemakers of the 17th century, made his first 34 cm globe circa 1598, soon followed by the 1603 issue. This example, with the addition of Blaeu on the dedication can be dated after 1621, at which time the Blaeu name was added to distinguish himself from his competitors. Blaeu was well versed in astronomy, having studied under Tycho Brahe at his observatory on the Islen of Hven in 1595-96. His celestial globes introduced a new style with elaborate constellation figures in appropriate 17th century forms, often arranged closely together, a style copied throughout the century. It is also particularly interesting to note that, like Jodocus Hondius he acquired astronomical sightings made by VOC (Dutch East India Company), to fix the positions of the newly discovered stars in the southern hemisphere, and created new constellation figures to encompass these stars. Van der Krogt Bla 14-19; Stevenson II p.18; Schimdt Budapest Exhibition No.6.
BLAEU, Willem Janszoon. Sphaera Stellifera..a Guilielmo Ianssonio, magni Tychonis quondam discipulo accuratissime dispositum . [Amsterdam], dated 1603 but after 1621. Celestial table globe, diameter 13 ½ inches (34cm), overall height 20 inches (51cm). 12 engraved gores and 2 polar calottes laid to the ecliptic poles, partially hand-coloured, unvarnished, elaborate title, dedication and address cartouches, decorative constellation figures (slightly discoloured, occasional chipping of paper surface and minor surface cracks at gore edges). Brass pinions and meridian ring, graduated on one face, numbered '4' at hour circle (lacking hour circle and pointer, pinions replaced). Horizon bar stained and worn with loss of engraved surface. The globe mounted on a Dutch style ebonised and oak stand, the horizon ring carried by four turned legs, passing through cross-beams, supporting a large turned wooden base-plate with wooden centrepost (a few minor cracks to horizon bar). A fine and unsophisticated example of the 34cm Blaeu table globe. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), one of the greatest globemakers of the 17th century, made his first 34 cm globe circa 1598, soon followed by the 1603 issue. This example, with the addition of Blaeu on the dedication can be dated after 1621, at which time the Blaeu name was added to distinguish himself from his competitors. Blaeu was well versed in astronomy, having studied under Tycho Brahe at his observatory on the Islen of Hven in 1595-96. His celestial globes introduced a new style with elaborate constellation figures in appropriate 17th century forms, often arranged closely together, a style copied throughout the century. It is also particularly interesting to note that, like Jodocus Hondius he acquired astronomical sightings made by VOC (Dutch East India Company), to fix the positions of the newly discovered stars in the southern hemisphere, and created new constellation figures to encompass these stars. Van der Krogt Bla 14-19; Stevenson II p.18; Schimdt Budapest Exhibition No.6.
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