Andreas Cellarius mapped the heavens with all the Baroque splendour a cartographer would lavish on a kingdom. His northern hemisphere gathers the constellations of the boreal sky into a single gold-and-azure disc — the gods and beasts of antiquity drawn in flowing line over their stars, cherubs and cloud framing the whole. The Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660 is the most beautiful celestial atlas ever printed, and this is its glory: the night sky rendered as a work of art worthy of what it depicts.

Maker: Andreas Cellarius
Date: 1660
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: Published Amsterdam · Linda Hall Library
Credit: Published Amsterdam · Linda Hall Library
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00949

As chosen: 14 x 11 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	14 x 11 in
Outside size	15.6 x 12.6 in
Depth	0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
Material	Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made in	Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi

Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
10 x 8 in	288	Excellent	Trimmed 5%
14 x 11 in	206	Excellent	Trimmed 6.7%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 21% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 21% crop
20 x 16 in	144 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 21% crop
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 21% crop
30 x 24 in	96 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 21% crop
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 21% crop