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Tabula exhibens Cometas a Nato Christo etc. No. 62
Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: book page
Maker: Gerardi, G.
Place made: Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
Date made: 1668
Materials: ink; laid paper
Measurements: 9 in x 16 in
Nomenclature: astronomical
Classification: whales
AF-AX-3004
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: book page
Maker: Gerardi, G.
Place made: Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
Date made: 1668
Materials: ink; laid paper
Measurements: 9 in x 16 in
Nomenclature: astronomical
Classification: whales
Uncolored engraving depicting a star chart with the stars and the figural representations of the constellations both represented. From the book "Theatrum Cometicum".
AF-AX-3004