Vintage Astronomy, Donati Comet over Paris in 1858 Tie

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial black and white drawing featuring Donati's Comet in the dark night sky over Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France in 1858. Amedee Guillemin. Comet Donati, or Donati's Comet, formally designated C/1858 L1 and 1858 VI, was a comet named after the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati who first observed it on June 2, 1858. The comet is considered a non-periodic comet. After the Great Comet of 1811, it was the most brilliant comet that appeared in the 19th century and the first comet to be photographed. It was nearest the Earth on October 10, 1858 and is expected to return in 39th century.