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[CHANLAIRE (Pierre-Grégoire) and DUMEZ (Pierre)]
Paris, Offi…
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[CHANLAIRE (Pierre-Grégoire) and DUMEZ (Pierre)]
Paris, Offi…
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
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Description
[CHANLAIRE (Pierre-Grégoire) and DUMEZ (Pierre)]
Paris, Office of the National Atlas, 1791-1792.
Précis élémentaire et méthodique de la nouvelle géographie de la France, suivi d'une Table alphabétique - Atlas national portatif de la France.
2 parts in one vol. in-4 oblong (21,8 × 28 cm), marbled basane, three gilt fillets framing the boards, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt motifs, red title-pieces, gilt edges (period binding).
Title-frontispiece and 93 copper-engraved maps, 90 of which finely watercoloured and 3 folded.
This is one of the very first departmental atlases of France.
The folded maps include a plan of Pondicherry.
The text is printed in two numbered columns.
The engraved title-frontispiece bears the date 1792.
Binding a little rubbed, spotting. Some light foxing, but very fresh maps.
See original version (French)
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