2008-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2008
Archive of Admiral Ernest Mouchez (1821-1892), Director of the Paris Observatory, launched the Carte du Ciel enterprise, an international project aimed at realizing a photographic chart of the entire celestial vault through the collaboration of eighteen observatories. Includes thirty-one (31) Autograph Letters Signed, dated 1830’s to 1860’s, to and from his family and collegues, all in Frnech, and reflect the early work and life of Mouchez. VG.
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