Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9128
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Theorica eclipsis lunaris [and] Theorica eclipsis solaris
Date
1490
Object type
Library reference
R61041
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 170mm
width (print): 100mm
width (print): 100mm
Subject
Description
Eclipse illustrations from an edition of Georg Peurbach’s Theoricae novae planetarum. First published in 1454, the book remained in use as an important astronomical text throughout the 16th century. Bound in Sphaera mvndi, by Johannes de Sacrobosco (1490).
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