Estimate: | £100 - £150 |
Hammer price: | £200 |
MÖLLINGER, Otto (1814-86). Himmels-Atlas mit Transparenten Sternen. [No place: no publisher, c. 1850]. 4to (165 x 190mm). 16 engraved star-charts, unbound as issued, contained in original green cloth wallet lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, [?]original green silk ties. Each star chart has the position of the stars marked with small star-shaped holes so that, when they are held up to the light, the heavens are revealed in all their majesty. Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune.