Antique Print-ATRONOMY-INFERIOR PLANETS-MOVEMENT-VENUS-MERCURY-Pluche-1742

Subject: Plate pag. 576: 'Les Mouvemens des Planetes inferieures.' (The movements of the inferior planets). The terms 'inferior planet' and "superior planet" were originally used in the geocentric cosmology of Claudius Ptolemy to differentiate as 'inferior' those planets (Mercury and Venus) whose epicycle remained collinear with the Earth and Sun, compared to the 'superior' planets (Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) that did not.

Condition: Good. General age related toning. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Copperplate engraving on a verge type hand laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 9 x 16.5 cm. The image size is ca. 7 x 13.5 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 3.5 x 6.5 inch. The image size is ca. 2.8 x 5.3 inch.

Part Number: 35408

Location: PCOX-C6-16

Description: This original old antique print / plate originates from: 'Le spectacle de la nature ou entretiens sur les particularites de l'histoire naturelle.', by Noel Antoine Pluche and published in Paris by The Widow Estienne in 1742.

Artists and Engravers: Noel-Antoine Pluche (1688 - 1761), known as the abbe Pluche, was a French priest. He is now known for his Spectacle de la nature, a most popular work of natural history. This plate engraved by Bourgoin.