Map of the Heavens by Johann Bode: Vorstellung Der Gestirne (Presentation of the Stars), Pisces, Framed

Two green fish swim in opposite directions, tied together by a long ribbon, which explains a great deal about Pisces.

This map of the heavens, framed, is Vorstelling Der Gestirne (Presentation of the Stars), Pisces, by Johann Bode, with Lange as publisher, from Leipzig, Germany, and dated 1782. It is a hand colored engraving on paper. Pisces has been drawn as two fish joined by a cord since antiquity, and Bode's atlas presents it with German labels, here Die Fische. The fish are green with red fins, bound by a pale yellow ribbon. A red and white band marks the ecliptic. It is matted in cream within a gold frame. It is 22 inches wide and 21 high.

Going nowhere together, beautifully.