THE FLAMMARION BOOK OF ASTRONOMY
by FLAMMARION, Camille
FLAMMARION, Camille. THE FLAMMARION BOOK OF ASTRONOMY. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. 4to. Cloth spine, boards. 670 pages, (2) fold-out maps. Being the English edition of this Astronomy textbook, translated from the Fre edition of 1955-1960. Camille Flammarion was one of the great scientific popularizers of the nineteenth century. Rubbing to edges and tips, light browning to edges of leaves, outer edge of one map browned and brittle. A go to very good copy. (Inventory #: 25073)