A Memoir, containing the History of the Return of the famous Comet of 1682, with Observations of the same, made at Paris, at the Marine Observatory, in January, February, March, April, May, and the Beginning of June, 1759 by Mr. Messier, Astronomer Keeper of the Journals, Plans, and Maps belonging to the Marine of France, Fellow of the Royal Society in London, and Member of the Society of Sciences in Holland; translated from the French by Matthew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. Philosophical Transactions - volume 55 - Page 294

his memoir concerning the return of the famous comet of 1682