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

BRAUN, Friedrich.

Pl. XVIII. Le Scorpion. The scorpion. Der Scorpion.
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 Scorpio, 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 : 22992

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Stock Id :22992

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

BRAUN, Friedrich.

Pl. XVIII. Le Scorpion. The scorpion. Der Scorpion.
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 Scorpio, 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 : 22992

£275

£275

Return To Listing