Plan de Sienne
| Reference: | S13583 |
| Author | Joseph Jerome de la LANDE |
| Year: | 1786 |
| Zone: | Siena |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 130 x 240 mm |
| Reference: | S13583 |
| Author | Joseph Jerome de la LANDE |
| Year: | 1786 |
| Zone: | Siena |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 130 x 240 mm |
Description
Plan of the city from “Voyage en Italie contenant l’histoire les anecdotes les plus singulieres de l’Italie, sa description; les usages, le gouvernement, le commerce, la littérature, les arts, l’histoire naturelle, les antiquités ... par m. De La Lande" edito a Parigi nel 1786.
Engraving in very good condition.
Literature
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D. Cremonini, L’Italia nelle vedute e carte geografiche dal 1493 al 1894 libri di viaggi e atlanti, 1996, p.134.
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Joseph Jerome de la LANDE (Bourg-en-Bresse 1732 – Parigi 1807)
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In 1760 Lalande became professor of astronomy in the Collège de France, holding the post for 46 years, and in 1768 was appointed director of the Paris Observatory. He wrote
Histoire céleste française (French celestial history, 1801) contained a catalog of over 47,000 stars. During 1765-1766, he travelled in Italy. There he met the Pope and petitioned him to remove the writings of Copernicus and Galileo from the Index of prohibited works. He published an account in Voyage d'un français en Italie (1769) which ran to eight volumes.
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Literature
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D. Cremonini, L’Italia nelle vedute e carte geografiche dal 1493 al 1894 libri di viaggi e atlanti, 1996, p.134.
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Joseph Jerome de la LANDE (Bourg-en-Bresse 1732 – Parigi 1807)
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In 1760 Lalande became professor of astronomy in the Collège de France, holding the post for 46 years, and in 1768 was appointed director of the Paris Observatory. He wrote
Histoire céleste française (French celestial history, 1801) contained a catalog of over 47,000 stars. During 1765-1766, he travelled in Italy. There he met the Pope and petitioned him to remove the writings of Copernicus and Galileo from the Index of prohibited works. He published an account in Voyage d'un français en Italie (1769) which ran to eight volumes.
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