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An image showing '17 highly coloured and decorative French terrestrial and celestial engravings. Each is concerned with a different astronomical principle.'
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Centre du Monde. Systêmes de Ptolomée et de Ticho-Brahé

One of the set of 17 highly coloured and decorative French terrestrial and celestial engravings, entitled 'Centre of the World. Systems of Ptolemy and Tycho Brahe'. A detailed text is printed down both sides of the central diagram and the whole is surrounded by a decorative border.
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Object Details

ID: AST0015.13
Type: Engraving
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Desnos, Louis Charles; Mornas, Buy de
Date made: 1761
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 552 x 391 mm
Parts: Engravings