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Vintage illustration celestial design featuring the night sky and an early astronomer.

Vintage illustration Renaissance Era celestial astrological image featuring an antique Zodiac Wheel with all 12 signs of the Zodiac, 1555. Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius and Capricorn.

Vintage illustration Renaissance Era astrological and antique celestial design with a Zodiac Wheel featuring all 12 signs of the Zodiac. Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius and Capricorn.

Vintage illustration Renaissance Era astrological design featuring an antique celestial Zodiac chart with the 12 signs of the Zodiac and a woman in the center, c1416. The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry is a famous French Gothic manuscript illumination showing the late International Gothic phase of the style. It is a book of hours: a collection of prayers to be said at the canonical hours. It was created for the extravagant royal bibliophile and patron John, Duke of Berry, by the Limbourg brothers.

Vintage illustration Renaissance Era astrological and antique celestial design featuring a circle with a round Zodiac Wheel with all 12 signs of the Zodiac. c. 1520. Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius and Capricorn.

Vintage illustration Renaissance Era astrological image featuring an antique Islamic celestial Zodiac Wheel featuring all 12 signs of the Zodiac. Iskandar Sultan horoscope. The personal horoscope of Iskandar b. Umar Shaykh b. Timur who ruled in Shiraz, Persia.

Vintage illustration Renaissance Era astrological design featuring an antique celestial Zodiac chart with the 12 signs of the Zodiac. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces.

Vintage illustration Renaissance Era astrology and antique celestial image featuring Taurus, the Bull. Taurus is the second astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the constellation of Taurus.

Vintage illustration Renaissance Era astrology and antique celestial image featuring Cancer, the Crab. Cancer is the fourth astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the constellation of Cancer.

Vintage illustration Renaissance Era astrology celestial Aries, the Ram. Aries is the first astrological sign in the Zodiac, named for the constellation of Aries. Aries is called "The Ram" in the Greek tradition, after the golden ram that rescued Phrixos, taking him to the land of Colchis.

Vintage illustration Renaissance era celestial and antique astronomy design featuring a star chart or map with stars of the northern hemisphere in the night sky. An ancient Arabic sphere. Some of these constellations include Pegasus (the flying horse), Ursa Major and Minor (bear), Draco (the dragon), Cepheus (the King of Aethiopia in Greek mythology), Cassiopeia (a queen in Greek mythology) and several signs of the zodiac.

Vintage illustration Renaissance era astronomy and antique celestial images of Stella Magorum, the Magi's Star (the Star of Bethlehem) including a map of Bethlehem and a nativity scene. Details of a plate from Stanislaw Lubieniecki’s Theatrum Cometicum. Comets.

Vintage illustration Renaissance Era astronomy and antique celestial image featuring star chart maps of various constellations including Capricornus (Capricorn), Sagittarius, Scorpius (Scorpio), Libra, Crater (Latin for cup), Hydra, and more! Created in 1550.

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial design featuring "The Arrival of the Queen of the Night" by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1815. The Queen is standing on a crescent moon over clouds with stars in the sky. The Arrival of the Queen of the Night (Act 1, Scene 1) was a stage set for the Opera "The Magic Flute," an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841) was a Prussian architect and painter; one of the most prominent German architects and the best example of neoclassicism of his era.

Vintage illustration Renaissance era astronomy and antique celestial image featuring the signs of the Zodiac in the sky with a crowd of people with horses and carriages gathered looking up to the sky and the Heavens. Medieval illumination from Petrarch's poem, Trionfi. The Victory of Time over Glory. Earthly souls pay homage to heavenly forces, before the ultimate reconciliation of heaven and earth.

Vintage illustration astronomy and celestial design featuring the different phases of the moon around the earth and the sun in a dark night sky.

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial black and white drawing featuring Donati's Comet in the dark night sky over Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France in 1858. Amedee Guillemin. Comet Donati, or Donati's Comet, formally designated C/1858 L1 and 1858 VI, was a comet named after the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati who first observed it on June 2, 1858. The comet is considered a non-periodic comet. After the Great Comet of 1811, it was the most brilliant comet that appeared in the 19th century and the first comet to be photographed. It was nearest the Earth on October 10, 1858 and is expected to return in 39th century.

Vintage illustration astronomy design featuring various antique celestial comets with tails by Stanislaw Lubieniecki. Created during the Renaissance Era in 1667.

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial star chart map by Matthaeus Seutter, 1745. Seutter's illustration of the comet of 1742 shows its path through the sky during March and April. On the right is the an image of the Celestial Sky, illustrating the various constellations visible in the sky at the time of the transit of the comet. On the left is model of the solar system illustrating the position of the comet. Cometa qui Anno Christi 1742. Apparuit, Ex Observationibus, a die 13 Marty usque ad 15 Aprilis, plusquam Vigesies quinquies institutis

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial image featuring Atlas Coelestis by Johann Gabriel Doppelmaier (1677-1750) created in 1742. Astronomers are on the ground around a globe of the earth and palms trees. Angels are in the sky holding up clouds, stars and constellations.

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial image featuring the astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, the earth, globe, stars and the signs of the Zodiac on a bright blue background. Created in 1550. Claudius Ptolemy is observing a huge armillary sphere and the heavens using an astrolabe and being instructed by Astrologia, the Greek goddess of Astrology

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial image featuring spheres that depict parts of the Earth including the North and South poles, Tropics of Cancer/Capricorn and the equator. Framed in a beautiful gold and blue decorative border. An armillary sphere is an early astronomical device for representing the great circles of the heavens, including in the most elaborate instruments the horizon, meridian, Equator, tropics, polar circles, and an ecliptic hoop.

Vintage illustration Asian fine art with an antique astronomy and celestial image featuring a farmer and his farm animals (sheep, goats, and a large ram) gazing at the sun. A warrior is holding a human head and sword.

Vintage illustration astronomy and celestial black and white Renaissance era antique drawing of a landscape and the moon (lune) in the night sky with stars and constellations. People are standing next to a river, bridge and buildings. Created in 1683 by Allain Manesson Mallet (1630 – 1706), a French cartographer and engineer.

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial image featuring the Ptolemaic solar system with the Earth at the center by Andreas Cellarius, 1660. The Ptolemaic Solar System, from The Celestial Atlas, or the Harmony of the Universe. Andreas Cellarius (c.1596-1665) was a cartographer, best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660, a major star atlas, published by Johannes Janssonius in Amsterdam. Scenographia systematis mundani Ptolemaici

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial image featuring the Earth at the center of the universe with the seven known planets circling by Andreas Cellarius, 1660. Ptolemaic Planisphere, from The Celestial Atlas, or the Harmony of the Universe. Andreas Cellarius (c.1596-1665) was a cartographer, best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660, a major star atlas, published by Johannes Janssonius in Amsterdam. Planisphaerium Ptolemaicum, sive machina orbium mundi ex hypothesi ptolemaica in plano disposita.

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial image featuring a planisphere, spheres with signs of the zodiac and planets by Andreas Cellarius, 1660. Planetary orbits, from The Celestial Atlas, or the Harmony of the Universe. Andreas Cellarius (c.1596-1665) was a cartographer, best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660, a major star atlas, published by Johannes Janssonius in Amsterdam. Orbium Planetarum Terram Complectentium Scenographia

Vintage illustration astronomy and celestial image featuring an antique star chart of the sky, Map of the Christian Constellations of the southern skies as depicted by Julius Schiller (c. 1580-1627), from The Celestial Atlas, or The Harmony of the Universe by Andreas Cellarius. Andreas Cellarius (c.1596-1665) was a cartographer, best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660, a major star atlas, published by Johannes Janssonius in Amsterdam. Coeli Stellati Christiani Haemisphaerium Prius

Vintage illustration astronomy and celestial image featuring an antique star chart of the sky, Map of the Christian Constellations of the northern skies as depicted by Julius Schiller (c. 1580-1627), from The Celestial Atlas, or The Harmony of the Universe by Andreas Cellarius. Andreas Cellarius (c.1596-1665) was a cartographer, best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660, a major star atlas, published by Johannes Janssonius in Amsterdam. Coeli Stellati Christiani Haemisphaerium Posterius

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial image featuring the Copernican solar system with the sun at the center and the earth in different phases by Andreas Cellarius, 1660. The Copernican Solar System, from The Celestial Atlas, or the Harmony of the Universe. Andreas Cellarius (c.1596-1665) was a cartographer best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660, a major star atlas, published by Johannes Janssonius in Amsterdam.

Vintage illustration astronomy and celestial image featuring an antique map with the sun at the center of the universe and planets circling by Andreas Cellarius, 1660. Copernican Planisphere, from The Celestial Atlas, or the Harmony of the Universe. Andreas Cellarius (c.1596-1665) was a cartographer best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660, a major star atlas, published by Johannes Janssonius in Amsterdam. Planisphaerium Copernicanum Sive Systema Universi Totius Creati Ex Hypothesi Copernicana In Plano Exhibitum

Vintage illustration astronomy and celestial image featuring an antique star chart of the southern sky by Andreas Cellarius,1660. Map of the constellations of the southern hemisphere including some signs of the Zodiac, from The Celestial Atlas, or the Harmony of the Universe. Andreas Cellarius (c.1596-1665) was a cartographer best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica from 1660, a major star atlas, published by Johannes Janssonius in Amsterdam.

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial image featuring a star chart of the northern sky superimposed over the Pacific Ocean by Andreas Cellarius, 1660. Map of the constellations of the northern hemisphere, from The Celestial Atlas, or the Harmony of the Universe. Andreas Cellarius (c.1596-1665) was a cartographer best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660, a major star atlas, published by Johannes Janssonius in Amsterdam. Hemisphae Alis Coeli Sphaeri Grarii Bore et Terre Casceno Phia

The Ptolemaic Universe by Andreas Cellarius. Situs Terrae Circulis Coelestibus Circundatae. The Celestial Sphere, from The Celestial Atlas, or the Harmony of the Universe. Andreas Cellarius (c.1596-1665) was a cartographer best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660, a major star atlas, published by Johannes Janssonius in Amsterdam.

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial constellation Ursa Major (Latin for Great Bear ). Ursa Major is a constellation of stars visible throughout the year in most of the northern hemisphere in the night sky. It is dominated by the widely recognized asterism known as the Big Dipper or Plough, which is a useful pointer toward north, and which has mythological significance in numerous world cultures.

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial constellation Perseus. Perseus is carrying the head of Medusa the Gorgon. Medusa has snakes on her head instead of hair. Perseus is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the Greek hero Perseus. The constellation Caput Medusae (the Head of Medusa) is now wart of the Perseus constellation.