Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus, totius universi creati cosmographiam generalem, et novam exhibens : in quâ omnium totius mundi orbium harmonica constructio, secundum diversas diversorum authorum opiniones, ut & uranometria, seu totus orbis coelestis, ac planetarum theoriae, & terrestris globus, tam planis & scenographicis iconibus, quam descriptionibus novis ab oculos ponuntur : opus novum, antehac nunquam visum, cujuscunque conditionis hominibus utilissimum, jucundissimum, maxime necessarium, & adornatum
Harmonia macrocosmica is a 1661 star atlas compiled by Andreas Cellarius and published in Amsterdam by Jan Janssonius for scholars and students of cosmography. Its plates show competing planetary systems, Ptolemaic, Tychonic and Copernican, drawn as ornate engraved diagrams with cherubs, allegorical figures and ringed frames. A designer could take the layered circular compositions, radiating sunbeam rays and classical putti borders as models for astronomical or decorative motifs.
