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Lunar Map, in Selenography, or the Description of the Moon (Selenographia: sive Lunae descriptio)
Johannes Hevelius Polish
Publisher Andreas Hënefeld
Not on view
The first book entirely dedicated to the moon, Selenography contains the Polish astronomer Hevelius’s engravings describing all forty phases, as well as three lunar maps. Framing the composite map shown here are clusters of cherubs holding banners, peering through telescopes, and making drawings. These Baroque symbols of divine agency present the cosmos as the heavenly domain of the gods, reflecting a worldview that mingled art, science, and religion.
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