FLAMMARION (Camille), astronome français (1842-1925) - Lot 70

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FLAMMARION (Camille), astronome français (1842-1925) - Lot 70
FLAMMARION (Camille), astronome français (1842-1925) L.A.S. Juvisy, October 20, 1911, 4 p. in-8°. Heading printed "Observatoire-Flammarion". Interesting answer to an informed observer "... You are an excellent observer of the common sky of mankind.. . the Moonrise was advancing from night to night from September 1 to 11. I'm sending you my yearbook... The differences are due to the variation in the position of our declination satellite. Its greatest southern declination was on September 3... The ancients might have attributed the white goddess' rising advances to the influence of Endymion calling her earlier each day from the limbo of the invisible world... ». Joint: L.A.S. de Sylvie Flammarion (s.l.) July 7, 1888, 3 p. in-12°, warm letter of thanks to a young lady with a strong astronomical enthusiasm: "a brilliant Star moreover, he says... ».
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