Ptolémée
Ptolémée
Anonymous (1659), Portrait of Ptolemy (detail), engraving, full image of frontispiece is 17.3 x 11.6 cm, in Josephum Moxon, Ductor ad Astronomiam & Geographiam, vel usus Globi, Celestis quam Terrestris, In libri sex... [A Tutor to Astronomie and Geographie...], Londini, Sumptibus Josephi Moxon, 1659, 2nd edition published in 1670. |
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Anonyme (1659), Portrait de Ptolémée (détail), gravure, l'image complète du frontispice mesure 17,3 x 11,6 cm, in Josephum Moxon, Ductor ad Astronomiam & Geographiam, vel usus Globi, Celestis quam Terrestris, In libri sex... [A Tutor to Astronomie and Geographie...], Londini, Sumptibus Josephi Moxon, 1659, 2e édition publiée en 1670. |
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"In this illustrated title-page from his Tutor to
Astronomy and Geography of 1659, Joseph Moxon has chosen
Tycho Brahé to represent astronomy and Ptolemy for
geography. The book deals mainly with the uses of celestial
and terrestrial globes and Moxon took the star positions for
the celestial globe from those of Tycho, adjusted for the
intervening passage of time." « Dans ce frontispice de son Tutor to
Astronomy and Geography de 1659, Joseph Moxon illustre
Tycho Brahé pour représenter l'astronomie et
Ptolémée pour la géographie. Cet
ouvrage concerne l'utilisation des sphères
célestes et terrestres. Pour le globe céleste
Moxon utilise la position des étoiles de Tycho,
réajustées selon le temps
passé. »
The Noble Dane, Images of Tycho Brahe, Online exhibition catalogue, University of Oxford, Museum of the History of Science, 1997, Image 52.
Ptolémée