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Colored 1777 engraved star map of the northern sky in a circle, with constellations, a gold border, and four colored building vignettes at the corners.

Northern celestial planisphere star map, 1777

A colored engraved celestial planisphere shows the northern night sky as a circle of stars and constellation figures on a green and blue ground, framed by a gold border. Four hand-tinted vignettes of towers and buildings sit at the corners beneath an Italian title cartouche.

Artist
Castellan.
Date
1777
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3103 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1777.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

The Zodiac and the StarsNight and DreamsMaps and Cosmos18th century1770s1777engravinghand-colored printastronomynight skystarscosmographyantique mapconstellationsstar map

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