A French edition of Flamsteed’s celestial atlas
Atlas Céleste de Flamstéed, Publié en 1776, Par J. Fortin, Ingénieur-Mécanicien pour les Globes & Sphéres. Troisième Édition, Revue, corrigée & augmentée par les Citoyens Lalande & Méchain.
Paris: Lamrache & Fortin, 1795. Small 4to, half calf with marbled boards; pp. x + 30 double-page plates, as called for, + pp.47.
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A French edition of the 'Atlas Coelestis', the celestial atlas by John Flamsteed of 1729. Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, published a highly-influential Catalogue of Stars in 1688: in this edition the stars are still grouped into their classical constellations with their allegorical figures, but are graded more scientifically, with a scale of six Orders of Magnitude.
Condition:
Worming affecting prelims. and bottom margins of the first 13 plates, some old ink marginallia.References:
POGGENDORFF: 1, 758; BROWN, 47.Related products
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