Carte Photographique et systématique de la Lune

Description

In his Photographic and Systematic Map of the Moon, astronomer Charles Le Morvan (1865-1933) reused the original plates from the Atlas photographique de la Lune by Maurice Loewy (1833-1907) and Pierre Puiseux (1855-1928), first published between 1896 and 1910 by the Paris Observatory. Le Morvan had already participated in the production of the Loewy/Puiseux Atlas with his own lunar observations and the preparation of glass plates, especially after the death of Loewy in October 1907. Le Morvan joined the staff of the Paris Observatory in 1890, where he spent his entire working life. In 1914, Le Morvan edited the Carte Photographique de la Lune, which contained copies of photographs taken from the Atlas Photographique de la Lune. The complete collection has two sets of 24 photographs each. Taken first at the first quarter, and then at the last quarter. This collection is from the first quarter.