Royal Observatory, Paris mb-height 1685 A horse and carriage stands

A horse and carriage stands in the street

' Sir Frederick Augustus Abel was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1860

(c1950-c1960

others as characters from the Commedia dell'Arte including Pulcinello

The plate is inscribed: 'SKELETON OF DINORNIS MAXIMUS (OWEN) with that of a MORIORI (CHATHAM ISLANDS

Royal Observatory, Paris mb-height 1685 A horse and carriage standsElevation and plan for the Royal Observatory, Paris, inscribed 'L'observatoire royal commenc en 1667. Et achev en 1672'. Frontispiece to Histoire celeste; ou, Recueil de toutes les observations astronomiques faites par ordre du Roy, by Pierre Charles Le Monnier (Paris, 1741). Original: engraving. 1741