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Antique Star Chart 1708 — Typus Aspectuum, Northern Sky

Name: Antique Star Chart 1708 — Typus Aspectuum, Northern Sky
Brand: Old Map Studio
SKU: RIJKSRPPAO29117
Price: 14.9 USD
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CODE: RIJKSRPPAO29117

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Description

A constellation map of the zodiac and the four elements, Amsterdam 1708

Typus aspectuum, oppositionum et coniunctionum etz in planetis — a diagram of the aspects, oppositions and conjunctions of the planets. The Rijksmuseum files the sheet as a celestial map of the northern hemisphere and describes what is on it: the constellations of the zodiac linked by lines to the four Aristotelian elements, earth, water, air and fire. The title sits in cartouches held by putti in the upper corners, and the sheet is numbered 15 in the lower right.

A plate of Harmonia Macrocosmica

The museum records that this print was used in Harmonia Macrocosmica seu Atlas Universalis et Novus, the celestial atlas of Andreas Cellarius, in the edition Pieter Schenk the elder and Gerard Valck published in Amsterdam in 1708, under a privilege of the States of Holland and West Friesland. The engraver is named on the plate: Johannes van Loon. The record gives the technique as engraving and etching, and two dates, 1660 and 1708; we date the card by the edition, 1708.

Straightened in restoration

The scan sat slightly askew. In restoration the image was turned 0.653° counter-clockwise to square it, and the thin wedges this opened at the corners were filled with matching paper. Nothing inside the engraved border was redrawn.

Your file

Original	engraved by Johannes van Loon, published by Pieter Schenk (I) and Gerard Valck, Amsterdam, 1708
Sheet	435 × 518 mm
Scan	full sheet 5850 × 4984 px; the plate inside the trimmed border 4442 × 3736 px. From the museum's own scan, not an upscale
Print size at 300 dpi	the map prints to 37 cm (15 in), the full sheet with margins to 49 cm (19 in)
You download	six ZIP archives: full sheet, trimmed, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4 and ISO A
Inside each one	one JPEG at 300 dpi, the restoration passport as a PDF, a READ ME

How to print

Print at 300 dpi at the size above and do not let the shop scale the file up.
Pick the archive whose proportions match your frame, so nothing is cropped or stretched.
Ask for matte fine-art paper, printed in sRGB with auto-enhancement off.
Where to print it: print shops near you and checked prices at online labs.

Source and rights

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, object number RP-P-AO-29-1-17. The museum publishes the image in the public domain. There is no TIFF master in the package. Catalogue record: Rijksmuseum →

Questions

What exactly do I get after paying?

Six ZIP archives, each with one JPEG at 300 dpi, a restoration passport as a PDF and a READ ME. They differ only in framing.

Why 1708 and not 1660?

The museum gives both dates and records that the print was used in the 1708 Schenk and Valck edition of Harmonia Macrocosmica. The card names the edition you are getting.

What do the lines across the sky mean?

The museum reads them as links between the zodiac constellations and the four elements. The title speaks of the aspects, oppositions and conjunctions of the planets.

Every map is a scan of a real sheet held in a named archive — library, shelfmark and year, all stated. Nothing generated, nothing redrawn.