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A chart of the Bootes and The Northern crown constellations with transparent ‘stars’

Pl.V Bootes Ou Bouvier. Bootes. Bootes. La Couronne Boreale. The Northern Crown. Die Nordliche Krone.
Stuttgart: Wilhelm Nitzschke, c.1856. Lithographic star chart on blue card, pierced and backed with tissue to create a transparency. Sheet 285 x 225mm.
Stock #:  23033

£275.00

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A chart of Bootes and The Northern crown constellations, 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'.

Condition:

A good example.

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