Note 646 — BOOK XII[500]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (1732-1807), a distinguished but eccentric astronomer. The singularity of his taste displayed itself in the consumption of spiders and caterpillars; that of his opinions in his love for proclaiming himself an atheist. Lalande's Voyage dun Français en Italie was published in 1769.—T.