Flamsteed, [J.], Altas céléste. Seconde édition. Par J. Fortin. Mit 30 doppelblattgr. Kupferkarten . Paris, F. G. Deschamps 1776. HLdr. d. Zt. 8vo. VIII, 40 S.

Warner, Sky explored 84, 1. - Shirley C.Flam 1-a. - Roller/Goodman I, 402. - Vgl. DSB V, 22f. - Erste Fortin-Ausgabe des berühmten Himmelsatlas. "The first 26 [maps] are centered on major constellations visible from Greenwich; the 'extra' map published by Fortin depicts Corvus and the rear half of Hydra, which were omitted from Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis . For Sharp's northern and southern hemispheres Fortin substituted those of Le Monnier; and he added Lacaille's map of the southern stars and a map for the alignments of the principal northern ones" (Warner). - Tls. leicht stock- und gering fingerfleckig, wenige Tafeln mit kl. Falzriß. Einbd. mit Gebrauchsspuren.

First Fortin edition. With 30 double-page engr. maps. Contemp. half calf (worn). - Partly minor foxing and fingerstaining, few maps with small marg. tear in the folding.