In 1840, astronomers knew an awful lot about the m... ...mena of the Universe. It contained over a hundred illustrations printed by the then-new process of lithography. S...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/29/Astronomy-Illustrated-in-the-1840s/
These are the kind of astronomical illustrations that led to what we now know as space porn, beaut... ...scientifically speaking of course. This set of illustrations by French illustrator/astronomer Etienne Leopold...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/20/19th-century-astronomy-illustrations-are-beautifully-inaccurate/
