A map of the Moon’s surface according to Hevelius
Table génerale des phases de la lune selon la sélenographie d’Allemagne avec les termes de la plus grande & de la plus petite libration publiée par Hevelius en 1645.
Paris, Guérin & Delatour, 1746. 215mm x 215mm.
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A detailed engraved plate illustrating the Moon according to observations of Johannes Hevelius in 1645, one of the earliest comprehensive surveys of the lunar surface.
This plate was issued in Pierre-Charles Le Monnier’s Institutions astronomiques, a widely used French astronomical manual, intended to make contemporary celestial science accessible to students and amateur observers.
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