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LIAIS (Emmanuel). Celestial space and tropical nature. Physical description of the universe according to observations made in both hemispheres. Preface by M. Babinet. Drawings by Yan' Dargent. Paris, Garnier frères, sd. Fort in-4, green half-chagrin, spine gilt, gilt tr., gilt price iron of the lycée de Chaumont on the cover (period binding). Portrait in front and 39 plates out of text, 5 in colour, numerous illustrations in the text. Complete. Boards rubbed, corners worn, freckles on the text sparing the plates. Emmanuel Liais (1826-1900) born in Cherbourg, was Deputy Director of the Paris Observatory and founder of the Rio de Janeiro Observatory. He was an astronomer, naturalist and explorer.
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LIAIS (Emmanuel). Celestial space and tropical nature. Physical description of the universe according to observations made in both hemispheres. Preface by M. Babinet. Drawings by Yan' Dargent. Paris, Garnier frères, sd. Fort in-4, green half-chagrin, spine gilt, gilt tr., gilt price iron of the lycée de Chaumont on the cover (period binding). Portrait in front and 39 plates out of text, 5 in colour, numerous illustrations in the text. Complete. Boards rubbed, corners worn, freckles on the text sparing the plates. Emmanuel Liais (1826-1900) born in Cherbourg, was Deputy Director of the Paris Observatory and founder of the Rio de Janeiro Observatory. He was an astronomer, naturalist and explorer.
