A chart of the constellation Cetus with transparent 'stars'

BRAUN, Friedrich.

Pl. XXIII La Baleine. The Whale. Der Walfisch.
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 Cetus, 'The Whale', with the outline 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 : 23025