Views of the Great Comet of the Year 1811. C/1811 F1. Moment it entered the atmosphere at its perihelion in Ursa Major on 10 September (1), and at its perigee above the Corona Borealis on 15 October (2). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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