Bode Allgemeine Beschreibung Gestirne 1801 Constellations Uranographia 1ST ED NR
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OFFERED WITH NO RESERVE A BEAUTIFUL COMPLETE EXAMPLE IN THE PUBLISHER’S ORIGINAL BOARDS OF THE EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT 1801 FIRST EDITION OF JOHANN BODE’S ‘ALLGEMEINE BESCHREIBUNG UND NACHWEISUNG DER GESTIRNE,’ PRINTED IN QUARTO AT BERLIN, ADORNED WITH ONE INSERTED PLATE OF THE PROGRESS OF VENUS AND JUPITER IN THE SKIES OF 1774, AND, AMAZINGLY, CATALOGUING 17,240 STARS. THIS IS THE VERY RARE COMPANION VOLUME TO BODE’S GREAT ‘URANOGRAPHIA,’ WHICH WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASTRONOMICAL ATLAS OF THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES. FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE PRINCE & PRINCESS DE LA TOUR D’AUVERGNE-LAURAGUAIS. The full title reads as follows: “Allgemeine Beschreibung und Nachweisung der Gestirne nebst Verzeichniss der Geraden Aufsteigung und Abweichung von 17240 Sternen, Doppelsternen, Nebelflecken und Sternhaufen. / von / J.E. Bode, / Konigl. Astronom, Mitglied der Akademien und Societaten der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, London, Petersburg, Stockholm und Utrecht, wie auch der Berlinischen Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde. / (zu dessen Uranographie gehorig.) / Berlin 1801. / Beym Verfasser /// Description et Connoissance Generale des Constellations avec un Catalogue de l’Ascension Droite et de la Declinaison de 17240 Etoiles, Doubles, Nebuleuses et Amas d’Etoiles. / par / J.E. Bode, / Astronome Royal, Membre des Academie et Societes des
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