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260 - FLAMSTED (John). Atlas céleste, approuvé par l'Académie des …
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FLAMSTED (John). Atlas céleste, approuvé par l'Académie des Sciences, et publié sous le privilège de cette compagnie. Paris, F. G. Deschamps, chez l'auteur, 1776. Small in-4, fawn half-basane, smooth spine decorated, red edges (Binding of the period). Second edition of Flamsteed's famous celestial atlas, and the first French edition, given by the engineer Jean-Nicolas Fortin in collaboration with the astronomers Le Monnier and Messier. It contains 30 double-page celestial maps engraved by C.-E. Voisard, reduced to a third of those in the English original of 1729. Restoration to spine.
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About the sale Antiquarian books from the 15th to the 19th century - Astronomy
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Auction time 06/24/2026 at 2:00 PM
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