What is Harmonia Macrocosmica?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox Book | name = Harmonia Macrocosmica | caption = [[Book frontispiece|Frontispiece]] from the 1708 edition | image = Cellarius_Harmonia_macrocosica_1708_title.jpg | author = [[Andreas Cellarius]] | illustrator = Frederik Hendrik van den Hove, Johannes van Loon e.a. | country = [[Netherlands]] | language = [[Latin]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]] | publisher = Johannes Janssonius | release_date = 1660 | media_type = Stellar Atlas | notes = number of plates = 29 }} The '''''Harmonia Macrocosmica''''' is a [[Star chart|star atlas]] by [[Andreas Cellarius]]. It was published in 1660 by [[Johannes Janssonius]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/science/10auct.html|title=Among Scientific Treasures, a Gem|last=Overbye|first=Dennis|date=10 June 2008|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=3|accessdate=1 March 2011}}</ref> The first part of the atlas has [[copper]] plate prints showing the [[universe]] models of [[Ptolemy|Claudius Ptolemy]], [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] and [[Tycho Brahe]]. In the second part are star maps of the Christian [[constellations]]. The atlas also had plates supporting the views of the [[Catholic Church]], so the book was not placed on the [[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]], a list of publications the Catholic Church [[wikt:censor|censored]]. == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline|Cellarius Harmonia Macrocosmica}} [[Category:17th-century books]] [[Category:Astronomy]] [[Category:Science books]] [[Category:1660s works]]