[Portrait] Tycho Brahe
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An attractive and finely engraved portrait of Tycho Brahe published in themid-nineteenth century. Brahe (1546-1601) was a Danish astronomer responsible for the important and extensive "Astronomiae Instauratae Progymnasmata", the defining star catalogue of the period.
region: Portraits and the Map Trade
mapmaker:
Anonymous
place and date of publication:
London 1856
medium and colour:
steel plate, Uncoloured
ref:
27869
size in mm: 190 by 160mm (7.5 by 6.25 inches). Price: £ 100 |
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