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231 - FLAMSTEED (John). Celestial Atlas, approved by the Royal Aca…
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FLAMSTEED (John). Celestial Atlas, approved by the Royal Academy of Sciences, and published under the privilege of that Society. Second edition. Paris, by Deschamps and the Author, 1776. Quarto, speckled half-basane, plain spine with decoration, red title label, red edges (contemporary binding). Second edition of this famous celestial atlas, the first in French, featuring 30 double-page copperplate engravings. John Flamsteed (1646–1719), a renowned British astronomer and founder of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, determined the positions of nearly 2,800 stars with remarkable precision for the time. His *Atlas Coelestis* was published in London in 1729; for this 1776 edition, the charts were reduced in size by the engineer Jean Fortin. Minor flaws to the binding, otherwise a fine copy. Expert: Mr Dominique Courvoisier
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About the sale TREASURES OF THE LOIRE VALLEY: books and archaeology
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Auction time 11/23/2026 at 2:00 PM
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