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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Typus seleno graphicus lunae phases et aspectus varios adumbrans

This late 17th-century chart, executed by the Dutch engraver and map maker Johannes van Loon, is beautifully hand-tinted with watercolors. A number of repositories around the world hold copies of their own, each colored by different artists, but the version held here at the Burns Library, with its rich blues and pinks, is unusually pleasing to the eye.

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