Figure du Passage de Venus sur le disque du Soleil

Made:
1760 in Paris
maker:
Jean Lattre
Engraved map: Figure du Passage de Venus sur le disque du

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Engraved map, Figure du Passage de Venus sur le disque du soleil, qu'on l'Observera le 5 Juin 1769. / Par M. De La Lande ... ; P. Choffard fecit Ornamente. 1760. - A Paris chez Lattre Graveur rue Saint-Jacques ... Engraving, some pink colour, [sight] 48x66cm in frame 69x87.5x2.5cm. The Transit of Venus to be observed on 5 June 1769. By M. De La Lande, astronomer at the Academie Royale ... Engraved by P. Choffard after De La Lande. Issued in Paris

Details

Category:
Art
Object Number:
1982-84
Measurements:
overall (framed): 687 mm x 875 mm x 25 mm,
overall (estimate): 480 x 660 mm
type:
print
credit:
Bernard Quaritch Ltd.