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

BRAUN, Friedrich.

Pl. XXIV. Les Poissons. The fishes. Die Fische.
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 chart of the constellation Pisces, with the outline of the fish 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 : 22991

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Stock Id :22991

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

BRAUN, Friedrich.

Pl. XXIV. Les Poissons. The fishes. Die Fische.
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 chart of the constellation Pisces, with the outline of the fish 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 : 22991

£275

£275

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