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FLAMSTEED, John (1646-1719). Atlas Céleste... approuve par l'Académie royale des Sciences... Seconde édition par M. J. Fortin. Paris: F.G. Deschamps et l'Auteur, 1776.
4° (222 x 152mm). 30 double-page engraved celestial charts by C.E. Voisard. Contemporary quarter calf over boards, gilt spine, red edges (extremities lightly rubbed, spine ends chipped, new endpapers).
FIRST FRENCH EDITION, in reduced format from Flamsteed’s original folio atlas which had been published in 1729 and reissued in 1753. Besides reducing the size of the maps, the new editor Fortin gave the location of the stars for 1780 as opposed to the 1690 date chosen by Flamsteed; his atlas showed the constellations as observed from Paris rather than London; maps of the southern hemisphere after Le Monnier and de la Caille were added for the first time. Another edition followed in 1795. Cf. Brunet II, 1280.
4° (222 x 152mm). 30 double-page engraved celestial charts by C.E. Voisard. Contemporary quarter calf over boards, gilt spine, red edges (extremities lightly rubbed, spine ends chipped, new endpapers).
FIRST FRENCH EDITION, in reduced format from Flamsteed’s original folio atlas which had been published in 1729 and reissued in 1753. Besides reducing the size of the maps, the new editor Fortin gave the location of the stars for 1780 as opposed to the 1690 date chosen by Flamsteed; his atlas showed the constellations as observed from Paris rather than London; maps of the southern hemisphere after Le Monnier and de la Caille were added for the first time. Another edition followed in 1795. Cf. Brunet II, 1280.
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