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Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: September 23, 1596 - December 28, 1673

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Collection of Tycho Brahe engravings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 326
Scope and Contents The Collection of Tycho Brahe engravings (1 flat case file; 1662) contains 15 engravings (all on paper) that were once pages from Joan Blaeu’s Atlas Major.  The engravings illustrate Brahe’s astronomical instruments and observations from his observatories, Uraniborg and Stjerneborg, in Hven, Sweden.  Some of the paper contains two different watermarks: an elephant and Christ.
Dates: 1662; Majority of material found in 1662; Other: Date acquired: 07/11/2013