Beschreibung:

SELLER, John, senior (c.1630-1697) and John SENEX (c.1678-1740). Stelleri Zodiacus Stellatus [titled thus on spine]. London: [no dates, but c.1685-1730.
SELLER, John, senior (c.1630-1697) and John SENEX (c.1678-1740). Stelleri Zodiacus Stellatus [titled thus on spine]. London: [no dates, but c.1685-1730.] 2° (665 x 390mm.) A collection of 8 celestial and astronomical charts, comprising: 1. [Joseph HARRIS]. Stellarum fixarum hemisphaerium Boreale; the northern hemisphere projected on the plane of the aequator in which all the stars contain'd in the Britannick catalogue (as publish'd by D' Halley) are carefully laid down and adapted to the beginning of the year 1690. [No imprint]; 2. — Stellarum fixarum hemisphaerium Australe; the Southern Hemisphere Projected on the Plane of the Aequator in which all the Stars contain'd in the Britannick Catalogue and those Observ'd by Sr. Edm. Halley at the Isl. of St. Helena are carefully layd down for the Year 1690 . Engraved and sold by John Senex. [No date]; 3. — Stellarum fixarum hemisphaerium Boreale, in quo omnes stellae in Catalogo Britannico descriptae in plano Eclipticae, eo situ quem anno 1690... Delineavit et sculpsit Johan Senex. R.S.S . [No date]; 4. — Stellarum fixarum hemisphaerium Australe, in plano Eclipticae depictum, omnes catalagi Britannici stellas exhibens... delineatas quem anno 1690 habuerunt . [No imprint]; 5. — John SELLER A Coelestiall Planisphere . [No imprint]; 6. — The Right Ascensions and Declinations of the Principal Fixed Stars in both Hemisphears to ye year 1678 ... printed and sold by John Seller. A second state, with the date in the title altered from 1676; 7. — Edmond HALLEY. Australis Hemisphaerii tabulam . Ja[mes] Clark sculp. [No imprint, but probably John Seller sr., 1678]. State with title within dedication, and with lower border blank; 8. — John SELLER Zodiacus stellatus cujus limitibus Planetarum Omnium visibles viae comprehenduntur . [No imprint]. All mounted on thick paper and on guards. (First 7 charts lacking volvelles, these not called for on 8th chart, some insignificant worming to guards, light soiling.) Contemporary quarter vellum over marbled-paper covered boards (short split to spine, extremities rubbed). Provenance : Earls of Macclesfield (bookplate and discreet blindstamps; sale at Sotheby's, 15 March 2007, lot 3280). VERY RARE COLLECTION OF CELESTIAL CHARTS BY HARRIS, SELLER AND HALLEY. This collection was most probably compiled by John Senex, c.1715, as several of his star maps were issued individually around 1713, and can be found in various of his publications, such as the English Atlas , from 1714 onwards until his death in 1740. The first 2 celestial charts by Harris were published in Defoe and Cutler's Atlas maritimus et commercialis (London, 1728), where they are described as also being sold separately; the present lot has the very rare complete suite of 4 plates. Cf. Shirley BL C.SEN-1a for a very similar, but later, collection of celestial maps.