Science Art: XLII: Milky Way from Mythographi Latini by Thomas Munckerus/Hyginus, 1681.

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This is the Early Modern Milky Way, as appearing in an edition of the ‘Poeticon Astronomicon‘ by the Latin author Hyginus (although the credit also goes to Thomas Munckerus – whether that’s because it’s a different name for the same guy, or the name of an editor or translator or the artist, I can’t tell). The engravings apparently came from an earlier edition of the ‘Phaenomena’ by the Greek poet Aratus.

The book is a collection of myths that explain the constellations.

I found it in the Linda Hall Library.