FLAMSTEED (John). Celestial Atlas, approved by the Royal Academy of Sciences, and published under the privilege of that Society. Second edition. Paris,…

FLAMSTEED (John). Celestial Atlas, approved by the Royal Academy of Sciences, and published under the privilege of that Society. Second edition. Paris, Deschamps and the Author, 1776. In-4, speckled half-basane, smooth decorated spine, 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 Observat

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