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A chart of the zodiac constellation Pisces with transparent ‘stars’

Stock No. 22991 Category: Tags: , , Cartographer: 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.

£275

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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'.

Additional information

Dimensions285 × 225 mm
Cartographer

Date

1856

Extra Info

Pl. XXIV. Les Poissons. The fishes. Die Fische.

Publication

Stuttgart: Wilhelm Nitzschke, c.1856. Lithographic star chart on blue card, pierced and backed with tissue to create a transparency. Sheet 225 x 285mm.

Condition

A good example.

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