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Corporum Coelestium Magnitudines
Andreas Cellarius (born c. 1630, fl. 1656-1702)
Chart from Atlas Coelestis, seu Harmonia Macrocosmica
Published by Jan Jansson (1558-1664)
Amsterdam, 1661
Handcolored engraving
WOP-93d

Corporum Coelestium Magnitudines is the only chart of its kind in Harmonica Macrocosmica. It compares the sizes of various celestial bodies by piling them on top of one another in ascending order. It is also one of only several charts to have an engraver's signature on it. This engraver, Joh. van Loon, seems to be a very minor figure. It is unclear whether he engraved all of the plates in the Cellarius atlas, as the artistic styles vary somewhat from plate to plate.

 
 
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