Martinez-Fleurot Prints

copy of Flamsteed's Celestial Atlas, 1776.

 copper engraving

Second edition 1776

Size of the sheet 24.5 X 22 cm

Center pleats

Nice proof, some minor faults without gravity 

Originally, the "Atlas Coelestisby John Flamsteed (1646-1719), a remarkable British astronomer, was published posthumously in London in 1729 in folio format by his widow. The publication was an immediate success and was the standard for professional astronomers for nearly a century. Jean-Baptiste Fortin (1740-1817), French geographer and cartographer, reduced the size of the maps and made updates under the supervision of astronomers Le Monnier and Messier. He published in Paris in 1776 his "Flamsteed Celestial Atlas", called second edition or Atlas fortin-Flamsteed, in small quarto format   

 Fontispiece FLAMSTEED



copy of Flamsteed's Celestial Atlas, 1776.

Availablity: in stock

copy of Flamsteed's Celestial Atlas, 1776. Second edition 1776 Size of the sheet 24.5 X 22 cm Nice proof, some minor faults without gravity  Originally, the "Atlas Coelestisby John Flamsteed (1646-1719), a remarkable British astronomer, was published posthumously in London in 1729 in folio format by his widow. The publication was an immediate success and was the standard for professional astronomers for nearly a century. Jean-Baptiste Fortin (1740-1817), French geographer and cartographer, reduced the size of the maps and made updates under the supervision of astronomers Le Monnier and Messier. He published in Paris in 1776 his "Flamsteed Celestial Atlas", called second edition or Atlas fortin-Flamsteed, in small quarto format    copy of Flamsteed's Celestial Atlas, 1776. Availablity: in