Plan de Pise

Reference: S13585
Author Joseph Jerome de la LANDE
Year: 1786
Zone: Pisa
Printed: Paris
Measures: 130 x 240 mm
€100.00

Reference: S13585
Author Joseph Jerome de la LANDE
Year: 1786
Zone: Pisa
Printed: Paris
Measures: 130 x 240 mm
€100.00

Description

Pianta della città tratta dal "“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.

Incisione in rame, in ottimo stato di conservazione.

Joseph Jerome de la LANDE (Bourg-en-Bresse 1732 – Parigi 1807)

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.

Joseph Jerome de la LANDE (Bourg-en-Bresse 1732 – Parigi 1807)

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.