Moon
Date
1775
Creator
Joel Paul Kaltenhofer (1716 - 1777, German) , Engraver
After
Tobias Mayer (1723 - 1762, German) , Astronomer
Object type
Library reference
54971
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 330mm
width (print): 230mm
width (print): 230mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A map of the moon showing the lunar surface.
Inscribed ‘T. Mayer del. J. P. Kaltenhofer sculp. Gottingae.’
Plate to Opera inedita; vol. I by Tobia Mayer and Georgius Christophorus Lichtenberg (Gottingae, 1775). The collected works of German astronomer Tobia Mayer was published posthumously.
Tobias Mayer (1723-1762) German mathematician, astronomer, cartographer and inventor.
Inscribed ‘T. Mayer del. J. P. Kaltenhofer sculp. Gottingae.’
Plate to Opera inedita; vol. I by Tobia Mayer and Georgius Christophorus Lichtenberg (Gottingae, 1775). The collected works of German astronomer Tobia Mayer was published posthumously.
Tobias Mayer (1723-1762) German mathematician, astronomer, cartographer and inventor.