Collection of Tycho Brahe engravings

Collection — Box: FF 4

Identifier: FF 4

Staff Only

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

Creator

Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

4.00 Linear Feet

15 items other_unmapped

1.00 flat_file_drawer

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

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 maior, siue, Cosmographia Blauiana : qua solum, salum, cœlum, accuratissime describuntur. The engravings illustrate Brahe’s astronomical instruments and observations from his observatories, Uraniborg and Stjerneborg, in Hven, Sweden.

Arrangement Note

The engravings are in the order as they would have appeared in Atlas Major.

Source of Acquisition

Oliver D. Dunn

Method of Acquisition

Donated by Oliver D. Dunn to Purdue University in 1963. Dunn purchased the collection of engravings from Maria Bloch of Branner's Bibliofile Antikvariat in Copenhagen.