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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Magnificent 17th Century Maps To The Stars' Homes
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by Stephen J. Gertz Unidentified Los Angeles rare book dealer offering celestial maps. Here in Los Angeles you can't throw a ro...
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Tycho Brahe's Sculpture Garden of Scientific Instruments
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by Stephen J. Gertz Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), a Danish nobleman and gentleman scientist, made the most precise astronomical and planetar...
Friday, November 18, 2011
An American Folk Art Masterwork: Hand-Stitched Celestial Map (1863) at Christie's
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by Stephen J. Gertz On May 23, 1863, Hattie E. Rogers of Oneida County, New York, sewed her name to a just completed project. That pro...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
When the Heavens Converted to Christianity
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by Stephen J. Gertz Engraved title page: The Christian Firmament: The twelve apostles, formerly the twelve signs of the Zodiac Has t...
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