Subject: Solar System
Period: 1801 (published)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
16 x 14.5 inches
40.6 x 36.8 cm
Simple chart of the solar system with diagrams of the planets in the borders showing their respective sizes. Johann Elert Bode, a self-taught astronomer, served as director of the astronomical observatory of the Berlin Academy of Science for nearly 40 years. He edited the Astonomisches Jahrbuch every year from 1774 to 1826, and published several popular astronomy texts and atlases. This chart is from his revised atlas based on Fortin, in which he included a great many newly discovered stars.
References: Warner pp. 35-36, 2b.
Condition: A+
Issued folding, now flattened.
