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Figura observatiomim Cometae posterioris, etc.
Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: Stoopendaal, B.
Place made: Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
Date made: 1668
Materials: ink; laid paper; mounting
Measurements: 9 in x 12 in
Nomenclature: astronomical
Classification: whales
AF-AX-1058
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: Stoopendaal, B.
Place made: Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
Date made: 1668
Materials: ink; laid paper; mounting
Measurements: 9 in x 12 in
Nomenclature: astronomical
Classification: whales
Monochrome star chart, with figural representations of the constellations including Pisces, tracing the path of a comet over the heavens. Captioned "Figura observationum Cometae posterioris, Hasnice factarum, ad Communicationem Cl. Viri Erasmÿ Bartholini etc. pertinens. No. 19."
AF-AX-1058