Royal Observatory, Paris mb-height 1685 others as characters from the

others as characters from the Commedia dell'Arte including Pulcinello

The tower was rebuilt in 1734-1738 by John James

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

View with figures on the terrace filled with plants

Inscribed: 'Guilleinot del

Royal Observatory, Paris mb-height 1685 others as characters from theElevation 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