SOME OF THE most splendid star charts of all time appeared in the only Dutch celestial atlas, Harmonia macrocosmica. . . , by Andreas Cellarius. The true purpose of this great atlas was scientific, and Cellarius's charts reflect the highest levels of seventeenth-century astronomical theory and observation. This chart from the second edition of the atlas (1708) shows the constellations in the form of Christian saints.
Andreas Cellarius. Harmonia macrocosmica sev atlas universalic et novus. . . . (Celestial Atlas). Amsterdam: 1708. Hand-colored engraving. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress
