AstronomiePardies, Ignace GastonHimmelskugel in sechs Karten abgebildet, aus dem Lateinischen zum Gebrauch der Schuliugend um die Astrognosie zu erlernen übersetzet durch Georg Friederich Kordenbusch. Mit 6 kolorierten gestochenen, auf Karton in einen Plexiglas-Kubus montierten Karten. Nürnberg, Chr. Weigel u A.G. Schneider, 1789. 2 Bl., 8 S. 4°. Ausgebunden.VD18 13395068. - DSB X, 315. - Warner, Sky explored, 196. - De Backer-Sommervogel VI, 203, 14. - Vgl. Brown, Astronomical Atlasses, 36f. - Pardies' erste Ausgabe "Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio" erschien 1673 postum in Paris. In Deutschland wurden die Karten erstmals in Köhlers "Bequemen Schul- und Reisen-Atlas" 1719 veröffentlicht. - "His maps seem to have been little known outside France, and not generally used by astronomers. The 'Globi Coelestis' consisted of six double-page maps, with notes at the sides to indicate the positions of the stars. There were three editions, all are very rare ... The rare maps of Pardies are distinguished by the distinctness with which the individual stars are shown, and the masterly imaginative representation of the constellation figures a high standard of artistic ability." (Brown). - Sehr selten. Nur 2 Ex. in WorldCat, kein Exemplar im internationalen Handel. - Titel u. 1. Bl. des Beihefts mit Hinterlegung im w. Rand, wenig fleckig, 3 Bl. mit Quetschfalte. - Die 6 Karten (je ca. 36 x 36 cm) im kräftigen Kolorit mit Sternbildern und Kometenbahnen. - Jenseits der Einfassungslinie beschnitten u. mit geglättetem Mittelfalz, davon eine mit kleinem ergänzten Eckabriss, eine mit kl. Läsuren im unteren Blattrand, zwei im Außenrand etw. leimschattig.Astronomy - With 6 coloured engraved maps mounted on cardboard in a Plexiglas cube. Unbound. - Pardies' first edition "Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio" appeared posthumously in Paris in 1673. In Germany, the maps were first published in Köhler's "Bequemen Schul- und Reisen-Atlas" in 1719. - "His maps seem to have been little known outside France, and not generally used by astronomers. The 'Globi Coelestis' consisted of six double-page maps, with notes at the sides to indicate the positions of the stars. There were three editions, all are very rare ... The rare maps of Pardies are distinguished by the distinctness with which the individual stars are shown, and the masterly imaginative representation of the constellation figures a high standard of artistic ability." (Brown). - Very rare. Only 2 copies in WorldCat, no copy in international trade. - Title and 1st leaf of the supplement with backing in the white margin, a little stained, 3 leaves creased. - The 6 maps (each c. 36 x 36 cm) in strong colouring with constellations and comet orbits. - Trimmed beyond the border line and with smoothed centrefold, one of them with a small supplemented corner tear, one with small defects in the lower margin, two in the outer margin somewhat shaded with glue. 1000