Cosmographie
Dublin Core
Title
Cosmographie
Description
Bound in a lovely pink, gilt-edged and stamped glazed paper binding, schoolgirl Emma Lascal’s beautifully observed and sensitively drawn cosmography report summarizes the astronomical knowledge of her day. Nineteenth-century advances in the telescope resulted in a heightened popular interest in astronomy across Europe. Lascal, a student at the Convent of Notre Dame in Paris, created this manuscript for her “2eme classe.” She illustrates the phases of the moon, the heavenly constellations, and a comparison of the Ptolemaic and Copernican systems.
Creator
Lascal, Emma
Source
Lascal, Emma, Cosmographie, [Paris]: [ca. 1820s], Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed September 22, 2021, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4091
Publisher
Lisa Unger Baskin Collection
Date
1820s
Contributor
Jenny Chen
Rights
Duke Digital Collections
Format
33.02 * 24.13 cm, ink and watercolor on paper
Type
Manuscript
Coverage
Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Durham, United States
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Manuscript
Physical Dimensions
13*9.5 inches
Files
Collection
Citation
Lascal, Emma, “Cosmographie,” ARTHIST 256 - Italian Baroque Art - Fall 2021, accessed October 22, 2026, https://baroque.dahvc.org/fall-2021/items/show/207.