ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE. - Lot 15

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ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE. - Lot 15
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE. Imperial Polytechnic School. 2nd Division. Student portfolio of maps and plans related to the Geodesy course. 1855–1856. Folio size, title page, 24 plates. Contemporary green half-percale binding, smooth spine (edges and corners rubbed, very slight foxing). First printing of the third edition of this work. It consists of 24 plates—some line drawings and some photographs printed by heliogravure—featuring illustrations of scientific instruments, celestial maps, maps excerpted from the Andriveau-Goujon atlas (a world map, a planisphere, a fold-out map of France), a map of the Moon, as well as depictions of the solar system.
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