Étoiles Nouvelles. DE LA SPHERE. Figure XXXVIII.
by Mallet, Allain Manesson:
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About This Item
Paris, 1683. Copper engraving, 15 x 10.5 cms, black and white, French text on verso, new stars from Mallets Description de lUnivers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text in Frankfurt the following year. Mallet was a military engineer, cartographer and mathematician in the service of the French King, Louis XIV. Five constellations (Cassiopeia, Cygnus, Andromeda, Cetus and Eridanus) are depicted in allegorical form, suspended above an engraved fishing scene. Map
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- Bookseller
- Bryars and Bryars (GB)
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- 7848
- Title
- Étoiles Nouvelles. DE LA SPHERE. Figure XXXVIII.
- Author
- Mallet, Allain Manesson:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1683
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