Donati's Comet, 2 October 1858 Size:XS: 30 x 20cm The main features are variously

The main features are variously inscribed

William Bayly was employed as an assistant by Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory

'posts are set up to support the bier

including variant name 'Bans-bunniah Keautiah' and details of specimen size

Polyorama Panoptique

Donati's Comet, 2 October 1858 Size:XS: 30 x 20cm The main features are variouslyAstronomical study of the head of Donati's Comet observed through the 15 inch refracting telescope at the observatory of Harvard College. Donati's Comet was one of the brightest to be seen in the 19th century and was the first to be photographed (by G. P. Bond and others). It was discovered by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati (1826 1873). Plate 1 from the monograph An account of Donati's Comet of 1858, by George P. Bond (Cambridge,