Diagrams of the Solar System

HUMBERT.

Systeme Solaire. École Impériale Polytechnique 2.e Division. Portefeuille des Éléves F.lle 13.
Paris c.1860. Lithograph. Sheet 335 x 500mm.

Restoration at top margin.

A collection of illustrations of the solar system, including the sizes of the planets, several views of Halley's Comet at various times during its visit of 1835-6, and two of Biela's Comet, which split in two in 1845 and has now probably broken up completely.


Stock ID : 21669