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Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc portrait

author: Jean-Paul Dumontier/Novapix

reference: h-per16-00001

Image Size 300 DPI: 18 * 25 cm

Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580 - 1637) was a French astronomer and savant. He discovered the Orion Nebula in 1610 and drew up the first lunar map in 1636. Recolored engraving, 1875.

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16TH CENTURY - 17TH CENTURY - 19TH CENTURY - ASTRONOMER - ASTRONOMY - ENGRAVING - FABRI DE PEIRESC NICOLAS-CLAUDE - HISTORY - ILLUSTRATION - M42 - MAN - MOON - ORION - PEIRESC NICOLAS-CLAUDE - PORTRAIT -