Cellarius Atlas
$208.60
- Hardcover
248 pages
- Release Date
24 April 2026
Summary
Travel to a time and universe where science and art intertwined, and the heavens were charted with breathtaking beauty. This unique volume revives Andreas Cellarius’s 17th-century masterpiece, an iconic atlas that captured man’s ambition to grasp infinity.
First published in 1660, its 29 sweeping, double-folio maps detail the vast celestial systems of Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe, alongside intricate motions of the sun, moon, and planets. Each plate is a vision of wonder: cons…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783754404935 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3754404938 |
| Author: | Robert van Gent |
| Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
| Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 24 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 3.72kg |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 290mm x 480mm |
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Critics Review
Invites the reader to reflect on how future generations might one day look back on our own models of the Universe with wonder. * Geoscientist *
Opulent and created with great artistic ambition, these cartographic works are truly magnificent. What a heavenly book this astronomical atlas, first published in Amsterdam in 1660, is. Science and artistic representation form a perfect harmony. Each map is an expression of wonder. The reprint, newly published by TASCHEN in its customary quality and large format, offers not only a feast for the eyes but also historical and clearly written scientific explanations that help the reader navigate the theatre of the cosmos without losing their way. * Die Presse *
How earlier scholars imagined the cartography of earth and sky becomes tangible in the opulent illustrated volume Cellarius Atlas. It is both a journey through the cosmos and a voyage through the history of cartography. The celestial systems captivate with their large-scale color prints. Robert van Gent sheds light on the life and work of the cartographer and cosmologist Andreas Cellarius, who in 1660 created one of the most beautiful and influential atlases in the history of science, the Harmonia Macrocosmica. * Der Standard *
The rediscovery of a celestial masterpiece… Each map is an expression of wonder at the order of the cosmos. The heaven was not merely an object of study, but an aesthetic and spiritual experience. * Rolling Stone *
This collection of celestial maps by Dutch-German mathematician and cosmographer Andreas Cellarius brings back to life a masterpiece from the Golden Age of celestial cartography. * The Globe and Mail *
Robert van Gent
Robert van Gent is an historian of astronomy associated with the Institute for History and Foundations of Science at Utrecht University. After obtaining his PhD in astronomy at the University of Utrecht, he worked from 1989 to 1999 as curator of astronomy at the Museum Boerhaave in Leiden. He has published on the history of astronomy, celestial cartography, and astronomical instruments.
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