ANTONIADI, La Planète Mars, 1930

First edition.
A study of the planet Mars based on the results obtained with the large telescope at the Meudon Observatory and an analytical account of all the work carried out on this star since 1659. An astronomer of Greek origin, Eugène Antoniadi (1870-1944) was one of the great specialists on the planet Mars. He was deputy director of the observatory created by Camille Flammarion in Juvisy-sur-Orge. Antoniadi devotes a chapter to the illusion of Martian canals, the non-existence of which he proved. His Martian cartography remained in use until the space age.