Maker: Benssheimer, Johann

Year: 1673

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Collection: Hevelius, Johannes. Machina coelestis pars prior

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Inga Elmqvist Soderlund, Taking Possession of Astronomy: Frontispieces and Illustrated Title Pages in 17th-Century Books on Astronomy (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2010), p. 137. Held at the Library of the Royal Academy of Science at Stockholm University Library.

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After a design by Andreas Stech. Illustration of scientific instruments and putti on dedication page to Louis XIV. Putta on the right holds a large (trumpet-shaped?) refracting telescope.

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