LC 539; Tooley/1(53); Maritime 460;Tom Suarez, correspondence, 1995 North polar projection with California as an island with rounded northern coastline. Surrounded by sky, half lit by sun, and a ring of the zodiac figures with names of the months. All within drawing of 24-hour table clock. Mountain ranges shown in America. Another example observed with bannered title: Nulla dies abeat, quin linea ducta supersit. (above map) and with Johannes Georgio Eberspergerg fecit (below map). Probably cut from a title page of the Atlas series (Title Page Entry 15). Text to clock left and right entitled "Bericht vom Nutzen und Gebrauch diser Uhr". With text above title reading: Iohann Baptistæ Homanns Neu inventirte. No imprint. Title in German only. Text below title mentions Zacharias Landteck. Iohann Baptistæ Homanns Neu inventirte
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