Book page illustrating an uncolored celestial map, showing both the figural representations of the constellations and the stars of which they are composed. Shows the tail of the whale constellation, Cetus, at left, and its head at right. Entitled "Figura exhibiens Cometus no, XXIV ante Chr, natum, quorum Cetus ex Autorum scriptis potuit haberi"; plate no. LX.
From "Theatrum Cometicum", a 1668 text about comet sightings throughout history and their meanings.
