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FLAMSTEED, John Flamstéed's Celestial Atlas, approved by the Royal Academy of Sciences and published under the privilege of that company. Second edition. By Mr. J. Fortin. Paris (Widow Hérissant for) F.G. Deschamps 1776 4to: viii-40 pp.; 30 pl. (minor spotting, sl. browning). Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. flat spine with a label (sl. worn). 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 turning the atlas as such 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 Jérôme de La Lande's "Nouveau thermomètre", [2] ff. ([Paris], Laurens Jeune, [1803]) (folded). Ref. BnF. - De La Lande, Bibl. astronomique, pp. 553-554. - DSB V:22-26. - Not in Shirley.
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FLAMSTEED, John Flamstéed's Celestial Atlas, approved by the Royal Academy of Sciences and published under the privilege of that company. Second edition. By Mr. J. Fortin. Paris (Widow Hérissant for) F.G. Deschamps 1776 4to: viii-40 pp.; 30 pl. (minor spotting, sl. browning). Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. flat spine with a label (sl. worn). 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 turning the atlas as such 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 Jérôme de La Lande's "Nouveau thermomètre", [2] ff. ([Paris], Laurens Jeune, [1803]) (folded). Ref. BnF. - De La Lande, Bibl. astronomique, pp. 553-554. - DSB V:22-26. - Not in Shirley.
