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A chart of the zodiac constellation Leo with transparent 'stars'

BRAUN, Friedrich.

Pl. VIII. Le Grand Lion. The great lion. Der grosse Löwe.
Stuttgart: Wilhelm Nitzschke, c.1856. Lithographic star chart on blue card, pierced and backed with tissue to create a transparency. Sheet 225 x 285mm.

A small damp stain in right margin.

A chart of the constellation Leo, with the outline of the lion pricked out and with yellow shaped holes for the stars, so they are illuminated when the card is held up to the light. The stars are shaped to represent their apparent magnitude.
From Braun's 'Himmels-Atlas in transparente Karten'.


Stock ID : 22990

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Stock Id :22990

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A chart of the zodiac constellation Leo with transparent 'stars'

BRAUN, Friedrich.

Pl. VIII. Le Grand Lion. The great lion. Der grosse Löwe.
Stuttgart: Wilhelm Nitzschke, c.1856. Lithographic star chart on blue card, pierced and backed with tissue to create a transparency. Sheet 225 x 285mm.

A small damp stain in right margin.

A chart of the constellation Leo, with the outline of the lion pricked out and with yellow shaped holes for the stars, so they are illuminated when the card is held up to the light. The stars are shaped to represent their apparent magnitude.
From Braun's 'Himmels-Atlas in transparente Karten'.


Stock ID : 22990

£275

£275

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