Flamsteed, John (1646-1719) Atlas Celeste, ed. Nicolas Fortin. Paris: Des Champs, 1776. Second edition, octavo, eight pages of text, thirty double-page plates of constellations, and a forty page catalog of stars; clean throughout, in contemporary sponged calfskin, corners bumped, head and tail worn. Flamsteed's Atlas builds on Bayer's Uranometria, laying out the constellations using equatorial and ecliptic coordinates.
Flamsteed, John (1646-1719) Atlas Celeste, ed. Nicolas Fortin. Paris: Des Champs, 1776. Second edition, octavo, eight pages of text, thirty double-page plates of constellations, and a forty page catalog of stars; clean throughout, in contemporary sponged calfskin, corners bumped, head and tail worn. Flamsteed's Atlas builds on Bayer's Uranometria, laying out the constellations using equatorial and ecliptic coordinates.
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