Summary
Josip Ruđer Bošković, Chritopher Maire: Voyage astronomique et geographique dans l'Etat de l'eglise.
Paris, 1770.
A supplemented French edition that appeared in 1770, 15 years after the first edition in Italian under the title "On a scientific journey through the Papal States..." (De litteraria expeditione per Pontificiam..., 1755).
This copy contains a map of the Papal States and all 4 associated graphics. Pope Benedict XIV. he entrusted Bošković with the Jesuit Christopher Maire to measure meridian degrees between Rome and Rimini in the Papal States and create a geographical map of the Papal States.
Original leather hardcover.
Paris, 1770.
The supplemented French edition was published in 1770, 15 years after the first edition in Italian under the title "On a scientific journey through the Papal States..." (De litteraria expeditione per Pontificiam..., 1755).
This copy contains a map of the Papal States and all 4 associated graphics. Pope Benedict XIV. entrusted Bošković with the Jesuit Christopher Maire to measure the meridian degrees between Rome and Rimini in the Papal States and create a geographical map of the Papal States.
Original leather hardcover.
Publisher: chez N. M. Tilliard
Place of publication: Paris
Year of publication: 1770
Number of pages: 526
Dimensions: 21x26
Binding: Hard
Condition: Excellent
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