ASTRONOMY - Francesco DENZA(1834-1894, theologian, astronome - Lot 406

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ASTRONOMY - Francesco DENZA(1834-1894, theologian, astronome - Lot 406
ASTRONOMY - Francesco DENZA(1834-1894, theologian, astronomer and meteorologist) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, Moncalieri Observatory letterhead (of which he was founder and director), Paris, September 28 [1887], [to Admiral Mouchez, director of the Paris Observatory]: He requests an official letter for "the communication of the deliberation of the Comité de la Carte du Ciel" with regard to the Vatican; he is to present it to the Holy Father, who gave him this mission [Thanks to his reputation as an astronomer, the Vatican Observatory was chosen to take part in the Astronomical Congress in Paris in 1887, during which the Photographic Map of all the Stars in the Sky up to 14th magnitude was established - he was subsequently appointed director of the Vatican Observatory].
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