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Atlas céleste de Flamstéed, approuvé par l'Académie Royale des Sciences et publié sous le privilège de cette compagnie. Seconde édition. Par M. J. Fortin.

FLAMSTEED, John

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Paris, (Widow Hérissant for) F.G. Deschamps, 1776

4to: viii-40 pp.; 30 pl. (some spotting).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. flat spine (some minor defects). Good copy.

Second edition, but actually a completely revised edition of Flamsteed's great, innovative and highly influential stellar atlas [by P.-C. Le Monnier, F. Pasumot and N.-L. de La Caille] with all plates re-engraved on a much smaller scale, thus turning the atlas into a work with much more aesthetic appeal. Contains 30 double-page astronomical maps depicting constellation figures (mythological figures and the signs of the zodiac), including 1 star chart of the northern and 2 of the southern hemisphere (never visible from Europe). Ended with a catalogue of stars (text ruled). Enriched with an engr. folded map "Réduction de la grande Carte de la Lune" by Jean Dominique Cassini (s.l., s.n., 1788), 23,3 x 31 cm, placed between the astronomical maps and the catalogue of stars.
Ref. BnF. - De La Lande, Bibl. astronomique, pp. 553-554. - Not in Shirley.
Prov. Stamp erased. - [Georges Petit].

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Atlas céleste de Flamstéed, approuvé par l'Académie Royale des Sciences et publié sous le privilège de cette compagnie. Seconde édition. Par M. J. Fortin.

Lot 1060

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