La photographie astronomique à l'Observatoire de Paris et la carte du ciel (Astronomical Photography at the Paris Observatory and the Map of the Heavens)

1887

book | book with four albumen prints by Paul and Prosper Henry

Not currently on view in the museum

La photographie astronomique à l'Observatoire de Paris et la carte du ciel...

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7 5/8 in. x 5 1/4 in. x 5/8 in. (19.37 cm x 13.34 cm x 1.59 cm)

Acquired 2001

Collection SFMOMA

Accessions Committee Fund purchase

2001.192

Keywords

astronomy, craters, moon, telescopes

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