Astronomie populaire en tableaux transparents.

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Book
Language
French
Published/​Created
[Hall] : Librairie de W. Nitzschke à Hall, Württemberg ; [Bruxelles] : Kiessling & Comp. à Bruxelles, [ca. 1856]
Description
1 portfolio (XII plates) : ill. (chiefly col. lithographs), charts, plates ; 31 cm.

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      Lithographer
      Notes
      • Plates with cut-outs backed with semi-transparent colored paper.
      • "Explication des différents phénomènes météorologiques": verso Pl. XII.
      • Title from cover.
      • Imprint at foot of leaf I.
      • Date from review in: Revue de Paris, 1er avril 1856.
      • Princeton copy 1 Cotsen c. 1: Some plates bear imprint: Lith. de G.F. Krauss à Stuttgart.
      • Princeton copy 1 Cotsen c. 1: Tickets of Traveller's Library and Reading-Room, Paris, and Librairie Alain Brieux, Paris, on cover p. 2.
      • Princeton copy 2 Cotsen c. 2: Name of lithographer not given; details on plates vary from c. 1, suggesting a variant issue.
      Binding note
      • Princeton copy 1 Cotsen c. 1: Pub. brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt with yellow endpapers; imprint of Borrani et Droz, Paris, rubbed out.
      • Princeton copy 2 Cotsen c. 2: Pub. green cloth stamped in blind and gilt with yellow endpapers; with imprint: Kiessling & Cie, libraires, à Bruxelles; backstrip, ties and foldovers wanting.
      Contents
      • Pl. I. L'astre central et le monde stellaire
      • Pl. II. Planisphère céleste
      • Pl. III. Système solaire
      • Pl. IV. Tableau comparatif de la grandeur des planètes
      • Pl. V. Le soleil et ses principaux phénomènes
      • Pl. VI. La lune vue à travers le telescope
      • Pl. VII. Tableau transparent des phases de la lune
      • Pl. VIII. Éclipses ; Flux et reflux (marées)
      • Pl. IX. Vicissitudes des saisons
      • Pl. X. La terre et son atmosphère
      • Pl. XI. Comètes et aérolithes
      • Pl. XII. Phénomènes variés météorologiques de l'atmosphère.
      Place name(s)
      • Germany Hall.
      • Belgium Brussels.
      • Germany Stuttgart.
      OCLC
      177726013
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