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Fortin (1776)

I am the happy owner of some copper gravures with constellations from 1776.
These maps, some of them hand coloured, are from the atlas of Jean-Baptiste Fortin (1740–1817)
"Atlas Céleste de Flamstéed, publié en 1776", edited by Joseph Jérome le Français de Lalande &
Pierre Mechain, second edition, Paris, Lamarch 1776.
There are actually four editions of this atlas, published resp. in 1776, 1778, 1782 and 1789.
Source: Variations Within The Fortin-Flamsteed Atlas of 1776: Taurus Poniatowski by
Anthony S. Drennan, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 2014.
plate 6 - Great Bear (Big Dipper)
plate 6 - Great Bear (Big Dipper)		 plate 9 - Serpent Bearer, Serpent
plate 9 - Serpent Bearer, Serpent		 plate 9 - Serpent Bearer, Serpent
plate 9 - Serpent Bearer, Serpent
plate 10 - Eagle, Antinous, Arrow, Little Fox, Delphin
plate 10 - Eagle, Antinous, Arrow, Little Fox, Delphin		 plate 10 - Eagle, Antinous, Arrow, Little Fox, Delphin
plate 10 - Eagle, Antinous, Arrow, Little Fox, Delphin		 plate 10 - Eagle, Antinous, Arrow, Little Fox, Delphin
plate 10 - Eagle, Antinous, Arrow, Little Fox, Delphin
plate 13 - Ram
plate 13 - Ram		 plate 16 - Crab
plate 16 - Crab		 plate 17 - Lion
plate 17 - Lion
plate 22 - Fishes
plate 22 - Fishes		 plate 23 - Whale
plate 23 - Whale		 plate 28 - Southern Hemisphere
plate 28 - Southern Hemisphere
Ophiuchus - sizes Flamsteed vs Fortin vs Bode - Ophiuchus
Ophiuchus - sizes Flamsteed vs Fortin vs Bode - Ophiuchus

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