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L'Observatorie est un Edifice que le Roy a Fait Commener Environ L'annee 1667, Sur un Lieu Eminent a L'extremite du Saubourg de St Jacues...
Engraving of the Paris Observatory, which was founded in 1667. The instruments being used in the foreground include an astronomical quadrant with a telescopic sight (on the left) and a large telescope with a mast and pulley for raising it. More telescopes can also be seen in use on the roof of the observatory itself. The image was first printed in 'La galérie agréable du monde', a 66-volume work first published in 1729.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAJ3502 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Perelle, Gabriel |
| Date made: | 1729 or later; 1733 or later |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 244 x 348; plate: 192 x 284 mm |
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