1 / 5
Description
RAYNAL. BONNE, Rigobert.
Atlas of all known parts of the globe...
No place, (c. 1780).
In-4 (25 x 19.5 cm), (2) folios, 28 pages, 50 maps, 2 fold-out tables (out of 23). Contemporary mottled fawn sheepskin, ribbed spine, fawn title label, decorated panels, triple gilt fillet framing the covers (defects to the binding including rubbing, worn corners, torn caps, a few marginal foxing spots or small stains, ink transfer).
An atlas intended to accompany Abbé Raynal’s work *A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the Two Indies*.
It comprises a half-title page, a table of maps, 28 pages of text, 50 double-page copperplate engravings in black, numbered from 1 to 49 with a map labelled ‘17 bis’, and two statistical tables (out of 23).
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like