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A FINE EARLY SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN CELESTIAL GLOBE. (GLOBES.) Giuseppe de Rossi; after Jodocus Hondius Globus Coelest, in quo stellae fixæ omnes quæ a N. Viro Tychone Brahe suma cura observatæ sunt, accuratissime dessignantur: quibus adjuncte sunt circa Pol. Aust. stel: quæ a pertiss: nauclero Petro Theodori annotate sunt simul accomodate ad ann. 1614; æditus vero ann. 1615. 8-inch celestial globe comprised of 12 hand-colored engraved gores, laid horizontally on steel axis pins within a modified turned mahogany stand; globe with only minor unobtrusive wear, green wash applied at original construction aged to an attractive patina, small previous owner's mark to the right of Sagittarius, base with repairs. [Milan or Rome], 1615