Lot n° 33
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[Atlas]. BONNE (Rigobert); DESMAREST (A. G.). Atlas encyclop - Lot 33
[Atlas]. BONNE (Rigobert); DESMAREST (A. G.). Atlas encyclopédique contenant la géographie ancienne, et quelques cartes sur la géographie du Moyen Age, la géographie moderne et cartes relatives à la géographie physique. Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1787. 2 vols. in-4, (approx. 29 x 23 cm.), contemporary speckled fawn basane, 5-ribbed spine, blond title-piece and green tomaison, ornate coffers, red edges (defects including dull corners, epiderm. and lack of leather on boards, torn headpieces, split jaws, very discreet marginal defects including small stains).
Atlas comprising 140 copper-engraved maps, published as a supplement to the Encyclopédie méthodique edited by Ch.-J. Panckoucke. The first volume comprises 77 copper-engraved maps, preceded by a frontispiece engraved by Boilly after C. N. Cochin, a title page and 65 pages of text. The second volume contains maps numbered 78 to 140 (except 113, never published, and with a 102 bis), i.e. 63 copper-engraved maps, a title page, 108 pages of text, plus two unnumbered leaves containing an analysis and a table of maps.
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