Card of the Day - 2025-06-09

Suchard Astronomie
Suchard [trade : chocolate : O/S - Switzerland] "Astronomie"- S.248 (1900-1910) 12/12

This is a bit of a tangent, as it shows the Paris Observatory. But there is a rather intriguing link, as the Paris one came first - it was suggested in 1667 and built by the early 1670s.

So perhaps the need for a British Astronomer Royal came more from royal chit chat, and a desire to copy the French, than from Charles II`s sudden interest in astronomy. 

This set seems to have been issued twice, because you can find it with a definitely blue back, like our card, or with a grey one. 

It consists of twelve cards, which are : 

  1.  La Comete
  2.  Les Saisons - Le Solstice d`Ete
  3.  Eclatement d`un Bolide
  4.  La Fata Morgana (Mirage)
  5.  L`Aurore Boreale
  6.  L`Eclipse de Lune
  7.  Les Phases de la Lune
  8.  Les Saisons - Solstice d`Hiver
  9.  Le Systeme Planetaire
  10.  Eclipse Totale de Soleil
  11.  L`Etoile Polaire
  12. Le Grand Telescope de l`Observatoire de Paris