View of the Great Comet of 1811, Paris. Stall holders, customers, and animals point to the comet in the sky from the La Vallée market on the Seine River (now the Quai des Grands Augustins), October 1811. Apparition de la fameuse comete de 1811, vue du quai de la Vallée, a Paris. Illustration from Paul Lacroix's Directoire, Consulat et Empire, (Directory, Consulate and Empire), Paris, 1884.

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