Total Solar Eclipse Austrian Journal of Popular Astronomy Bookplate, c. 1876 figural candlestick my first thought was that

my first thought was that it would make a great line-making and design tool

9 1/2" x 8

One is a bit larger than the other but the wood seems the same

Ohio " at the center

smooth surface has a wonderful calming

Total Solar Eclipse Austrian Journal of Popular Astronomy Bookplate, c. 1876 figural candlestick my first thought was thatThis is an antique color lithograph book plate from a volume of Zeitschrift fr populre Astronomi (Journal of Popular Astronomy), published by Lith Anst, Graz (Austria), c. 1876. The image itself was created by Rudolf Falb (1838 1903), an Austrian popularizer of natural history, who also popularized the concept of extraterrestrial influences on geophysical phenomena! The eclipsed sun is jet black, with super rich red for the solar flares. 8 7 8"" x 6".