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Observatoire royal : façade sud (titre forgé)
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Inscription in legend: “The OBSERVATORY is an edifice that the Roy made start about the year 1667 on a prominent place at the end of the Faubourg of S.t Jacques to serve the observations of the Prix des Astres and several Phisyque experiments. He has all the apparatus and comoditez that these 2 beautiful Sciences ask for: But besides the magnificence of its Structure, we see a solidity that makes it take from afar for a citadel.” Handwritten annotation.
Title: Observatoire royal : façade sud (titre forgé)
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Inscription in legend: “The OBSERVATORY is an edifice that the Roy made start about the year 1667 on a prominent place at the end of the Faubourg of S.
t Jacques to serve the observations of the Prix des Astres and several Phisyque experiments.
He has all the apparatus and comoditez that these 2 beautiful Sciences ask for: But besides the magnificence of its Structure, we see a solidity that makes it take from afar for a citadel.
” Handwritten annotation.
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