Harmonia Macrocosmica Seu Atlas Universalis Et Novus, Totius Universi Creati Cosmographiam Generalem, Et Novam Exhibens : In quâ Omnium totius Mundi Orbium Harmonica Constructio, secundum di- versas diversorum Authorum opiniones, ut et Vranometria, seu totus Orbis Cœlestis, ac Planetarum Theoricæ, et Terrestris Globus, tàm Planis et Scenographicis Iconibus, quàm Descriptionibus novis ab oculos ponuntur
Harmonia Macrocosmica is a 1708 star atlas and cosmographic work by Andreas Cellarius, published in Amsterdam by Gerard Valk and Pieter Schenk for astronomers and scholars of the cosmos. The pictures are engraved ornamental cartouches, symmetrical scrollwork with acanthus-like curls, flowers, and a central oval medallion, whose tightly balanced structure a designer could borrow for decorative frames, panels, or heraldic-style borders.




















































