Der Sternenhimmel zu jeder Stunde des Jahres, Ausgabe fur Deutschland, zweite auflage, 1850.

Drehbare Sternkarte, movable celestial chart. Board circular planisphere, Dortmund, A. Klippel, ±1850, explanatory text on backside, diam. 25,5 cm.
Nice school-planisphere consisting of a board circular disk with the constellations mapped out upon it, and the 12 months and days of the year on its edge, the disk behind a movable gilt partial mask with four large pointers equidistant from each other and the hours on its edge. Backside with extensive explanatory text and directions for use.(Der Buchbinderei Klippel & Paasche In Dortmund and Verlag Der Leipziger Lehrmittel- Anstalt in Leipzig Von Dr. Schneider)

This is a quit rare relatively old second edition for Germany. Most planispheres of Klippel are not so old and are often 30-40 editions for Mid Europe.

The planisfeer is offered together with a small book, the manual to the starfinder: Kleine Himmelskunde, 7th edition with 35 pictures by Richard Alwin Neussalz

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