Total Solar Eclipse Austrian Journal of Popular Astronomy Bookplate, c. 1876 figural candlestick 9 1/2" x 8

9 1/2" x 8

featuring two workers using a Chinese wheelbarrow--distinct from European wheelbarrows in its design

Ohio " at the center

with a few minor darkish scuff marks near the bottom and a bit of irregularity to the glazing original to its making

smooth surface has a wonderful calming

Total Solar Eclipse Austrian Journal of Popular Astronomy Bookplate, c. 1876 figural candlestick 9 1/2" x 8This 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".