Les terres du ciel: Voyage astronomique sur les autres mondes
Publisher Information: Paris: C. Marpon & E. Flammarion, 1884. Flammarion, Camille (1842-1925). Les terres du ciel: Voyage astronomique sur les autres mondes. [6], 773, [3]pp. 8 plates, including two mounted lunar photographs; text illustrations. Paris: C. Marpon & E. Flammarion, 1884. 267 x 181 mm. Quarter morocco c. 1884, rebacked preserving original spine, slight edgewear, rear free endpaper partly detached. Minor foxing, but very good. Owner's signature (G. Gustave Chandoir) on flyleaf. Eleventh edition, revised, of this popular work on astronomy, first published in 1877 under a slightly different title. The illustrations include two impressive mounted photographs of the moon, the first showing the moon at about three-quarter phase, and the second illustrating several lunar craters and mountains. Book Id: 40794
Price: $200.00