Louis Charles Desnos and Claude Buy de Mornas

La Manniere de Reconnoitre les Principales Etoiles (The Manner of Recognizing the Principal Stars)

Louis Charles Desnos's and Claude Buy de Mornas's original engraving "La Manniere de Reconnoitre les Principales Etoiles dans le Ciel" (The Manner of Recognizing the Principal Stars in the Sky) was published by them in Paris in 1761. Among the many notable features of this eighteenth century map of the Heavens is the whitened area running horizontally across the chart. This is the "Voie Lactee" (the Milky Way). "Epy de la Vierge" (Virgo) occupies the topmost position. The stars and constellations are discussed in the side columns. Also examined there are the "Etoiles Errants" (the wandering stars or planets). In 1761, however, the solar system stopped at Saturn. Uranus was discovered in 1781 by Sir William Herschel. This hand-colored engraving is a fine, original example of the 18th century map making skills by the French publishers, Claude Buy de Mornas and Louis-Charles Desnos.

Original Hand-Colored Engraving Published by Louis Charles Desnos and Claude Buy de Mornas.

The Manner of Recognizing the Principal Stars in the Sky Original Engraving published by Louis Charles Desnos and Claude Buy de Mornas

La Manniere de Reconnoitre les Principales Etoiles dans le Ciel
(The Manner of Recognizing the Principal Stars in the Sky)

View other Original Engravings Published for the 'Atlas Methodique et Elementaire de Geographie et d'Histoire'.

Atlas Methodique et Elementaire de Geographie et d'Histoire
#	Image	Title & Artist	English Translation	Medium	Date	Publisher
01-		La Manniere de Reconnoitre les Principales Etoiles dans le Ciel by Louis Charles Desnos & Claude Buy de Mornas	The Manner of Recognizing the Principal Stars in the Sky	Original Hand-Colored Engraving	1768	Louis Charles Desnos & Claude Buy de Mornas, Paris
02.-		Division Astronomique de la Terre by Louis Charles Desnos & Claude Buy de Mornas	Astronomical Division of the Earth	Original Hand-Colored Engraving	1761	Louis Charles Desnos & Claude Buy de Mornas, Paris

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Title:	La Manniere de Reconnoitre les Principales Etoiles dans le Ciel (The Manner of Recognizing the Principal Stars in the Sky)
Pubishers:	Louis Charles Desnos & Claude Buy de Mornas, Paris
Date:	1768
Medium:	Original Hand-Colored Engraving
Source:	Atlas Methodique et Elementaire de Geographie et d'Histoire
Note:	Louis Charles Desnos and Claude Buy de Mornas: During the second half of the eighteenth century Paris became the map making center of the world. Two of its most important contributors were L. C. Desnos and Claude Buy de Mornas. Louis-Charles Desnos (France, 1725 - 1805) was both a globe maker and publisher of maps. In the former capacity he was appointed globe maker to the King of Denmark but spent most of his life working in Paris. Besides this map, which was published in "Atlas Methodique et Elementaire", L.C. Desnos also published the maps for "Routes des Postes" (1761), "Nouvel Atlas d'Angleterre" (1767) and "Atlas General" (1786).
	Claude Buy de Mornas (died, 1783) was both the publisher and author of the text for "Atlas Methodique et Elementaire". He also served as Geographer to King Louis XVI and the Duc de Berry. Both Louis-Charles Desnos and Claude Buy de Mornas ran their Paris establishments from the Rue St. Jacques.
	In general these decorative, double-page maps dealt with a wide range of subjects such as, the Sun, the stars, the solar system, eclipses, seasons, climates and both terrestrial and celestial coordinates. Each map contains a central image with flanking columns of text and elaborate borders framing all. The hand-coloring dates from the time of publication.
	These original engraved maps are important not only for the subjects each represent, but they also demonstrate how strongly the disciplines of geography and astronomy were allied in the eighteenth century. Among the many notable features of this eighteenth century map of the Heavens is the whitened area running horizontally across the chart. This is the "Voie Lactee" (the Milky Way). "Epy de la Vierge" (Virgo) occupies the topmost position. The stars and constellations are discussed in the side columns. Also examined there are the "Etoiles Errants" (the wandering stars or planets). In 1761, however, the solar system stopped at Saturn. Uranus was discovered in 1781 by Sir William Herschel. England's National Maritime Museum includes seventeen examples of these L. C. Desnos and Buy de Mornas maps in its permanent collection. They can be seen at their web site, www.nmm.ac.uk. Below is a closup of the central image for "La Manniere de Reconnoitre les Principales Etoiles" (The Manner of Recognizing the Principal Stars).

Size:	14 x 20 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon thick, hand-made, laid paper and with full margins as published in Paris in 1761. This is a strongly printed impression with full colors and in excellent condition throughout. Containing the double-page vertical fold, as always. Altogether "La Manniere de Reconnoitre les Principales Etoiles dans le Ciel" (The Manner of Recognizing the Principal Stars in the Sky) represents a prime original example of the 18th century map making skills of Claude Buy de Mornas and Louis-Charles Desnos.
Subject:	Claude Buy de Mornas and Louis-Charles Desnos, "La Manniere de Reconnoitre les Principales Etoiles dans le Ciel" (The Manner of Recognizing the Principal Stars in the Sky) Atlas Methodique et Elementaire, map of the Heavens, "Voie Lactee" (the Milky Way), wandering stars or planets, National Maritime Museum, celestial coordinates, eighteenth century Paris map making.
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