Johann Zahn

Karlstadt 1641 - 1707


In his main work "Oculus artificialis teledriopticus sive telescopium" (EA Nuremberg 1685) Johann Zahn (1631-1707), cleric in the Würzburg praemonstrantensian monastery, provided an early and comprehensive description of the function and application of optical instruments.
In splendid copperplate engravings it explains the function of tools like the camera obscura and early forms of telescopes and microscopes.
Johann Zahn's work furthermore includes depictions of the important solar and lunar maps based on Cherubini.

Heinrich Scherer
Atlas novus exhibens orbem terraqueum. 3 Bde.
13,320 $
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Manuskripte
Tuhfat al-munajjimin. Arabische Handschrift
13,320 $
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Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville
Description de tout l'univers
6,660 $
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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli
Conquiste della Serenissima Republica di Venezia
5,550 $
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Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin
Bucaniers of America. 2 Bde. in 1
4,440 $
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Abraham à Sancta Clara
Neu-eröffnete Welt-Galleria
3,885 $
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Biblia germanica
Kurfürstenbibel
3,330 $
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Michael Bernhard Valentini
Musei museorum
3,330 $
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