Beschreibung
V. P. DZHAPIASHVILI; A. N. KOROL: ПОЛЯРИМЕТРИЧЕСКИЙ АТЛАС ЛУНЫ (Polyarimetricheskiy atlas luny).[Polarimetric Atlas of the Moon]. With XXI coloured plates and 9 photo illustrations. Russian and English text. Tbilisi: Mechniereva 1982.
Oblong-Folio. 22 [2] pages. Original publisher’s pictorial blue cloth.
Academic atlas with large format plates about the lunar surface, with texts in Russian and English.
Contents: Present is a rare lunar atlas, being a result of a polarimetric imaging project by the Academy of Sciences of Georgian SSR, with the aim to characterise the physical nature of the lunar surface by the median grain size and surface roughness; with Russian and English text. (Thanks to Milestones of Science Books).
Condition: Cover worn and in parts with slight scratching, first title leaf with Georgian and English title verso missing, plates XIV and XV with little staining, otherwise solid copy of this scarce item, with plates in fresh colours.
