PUISEUX PIERRE HENRI LOEWY MAURICE Atlas Photographique de

Sale 2067 - Lot 8

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PUISEUX, PIERRE-HENRI & LOEWY, MAURICE Atlas Photographique de la Lune. With 68 (of 71) oversize plates depicting close-ups of the lunar surface. Heliogravures, image size 223/4x181/4 inches (57.5x46.4 cm.), sheet size 24x203/4 inches (70x50.8 cm.), with an illustrated title page, plate number, and credit information printed on recto. Elephant folio (fascicules 1-12), rebound in contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards with gilt-lettered morocco title and spine labels; many of the heliogravures with a tissue overlay naming lunar features; lacks plate nos. 13, 16, and 33 and title page for fascicule no.1. first edition. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale Observatoire de Paris, 1896-1910

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from the collection of paul g. anderson (1933-2005),