FLAMSTEED, John (1646-1719). Atlas Céleste de Flamsteed, publié en 1776 par J. Fortin... Troisième Édition . Paris: Lamarche, 1795. 8° (223 x 144mm). 30 double-page engraved plates. (Occasional very light spotting to plates, heavier spotting to text leaves, gathering B misbound, very small old tape marks to title.) Recent quarter leather over contemporary paper boards.
FLAMSTEED, John (1646-1719). Atlas Céleste de Flamsteed, publié en 1776 par J. Fortin... Troisième Édition . Paris: Lamarche, 1795. 8° (223 x 144mm). 30 double-page engraved plates. (Occasional very light spotting to plates, heavier spotting to text leaves, gathering B misbound, very small old tape marks to title.) Recent quarter leather over contemporary paper boards. Second edition in French, the third edition after the first in English of 1729. When first published, the atlas represented a new era in celestial cartography, recording the stars Flamsteed observed using equatorial and ecliptic coordinates. For the French edition, Fortin reduced the size of the maps, and the location of the stars were fixed for 1780 instead of 1690, the date at which they had been fixed by Flamsteed. Fortin also added to this edition new discoveries made by Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande. Brunet II: 1280.
FLAMSTEED, John (1646-1719). Atlas Céleste de Flamsteed, publié en 1776 par J. Fortin... Troisième Édition . Paris: Lamarche, 1795. 8° (223 x 144mm). 30 double-page engraved plates. (Occasional very light spotting to plates, heavier spotting to text leaves, gathering B misbound, very small old tape marks to title.) Recent quarter leather over contemporary paper boards.
FLAMSTEED, John (1646-1719). Atlas Céleste de Flamsteed, publié en 1776 par J. Fortin... Troisième Édition . Paris: Lamarche, 1795. 8° (223 x 144mm). 30 double-page engraved plates. (Occasional very light spotting to plates, heavier spotting to text leaves, gathering B misbound, very small old tape marks to title.) Recent quarter leather over contemporary paper boards. Second edition in French, the third edition after the first in English of 1729. When first published, the atlas represented a new era in celestial cartography, recording the stars Flamsteed observed using equatorial and ecliptic coordinates. For the French edition, Fortin reduced the size of the maps, and the location of the stars were fixed for 1780 instead of 1690, the date at which they had been fixed by Flamsteed. Fortin also added to this edition new discoveries made by Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande. Brunet II: 1280.
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