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The collection of maps, atlases, topographical prints and drawings in the Bodel Nijenhuis Collection of the Leiden University Library contains an enigmatic pair of celestial hemispheres of which the origin appears to be unknown. The celestial hemispheres, printed on separate sheets, were apparently removed from an early 17th-century book and pasted on a piece of cardboard.

Description
The collection of maps, atlases, topographical prints and drawings in the Bodel Nijenhuis Collection of the Leiden University Library contains an enigmatic pair of celestial hemispheres of which the origin appears to be unknown. The celestial hemispheres, printed on separate sheets, were apparently removed from an early 17th-century book and pasted on a piece of cardboard.