Circular, printed planisphere with white stars on a black field. Planisphere pasted to a flat board with an overlaid template. Polar equidistant projection. Geocentric view. Non-Ptolemaic constellations.
Inscription/Sig.
"A MOVABLE PLANISPHERE OF THE HEAVENS AT EVERY MINUTE/BY/HENRY WHITALL. 596 Broadway, New York."; and "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1862 by HENRY WHITALL in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."