ABSTRACT
Between 1600 and 1800, ideas of what space is changed fundamentally: from a set of solid spheres, space became an empty space, in which objects move or are moved. The published works reflect a much broader interest in what goes on above our heads – gazing at the stars became a favourite pastime. Artefacts and publications reflect and shaped an understanding of space as a space, and the imagination of the heavens is central to their constructions. This chapter describes the context within which many devotees of science worked and traces how prints formed an important element in the movement of knowledge between different spheres.
