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

BRAUN, Friedrich.

Pl. XIX. Le Capricorne. The capricorne. Der Steinbock.
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 Capricorn, with the outline of the sea-goat 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 : 22996