[Atlas]. GRENET (abbé); BONNE (Rigobert). Atlas portatif à l - Lot 41

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[Atlas]. GRENET (abbé); BONNE (Rigobert). Atlas portatif à l - Lot 41
[Atlas]. GRENET (abbé); BONNE (Rigobert). Atlas portatif à l'usage des collèges, pour servir à l'intelligence des auteurs classiques. Dedicated to the Academy of Padoüe. Venice, P. Santini, [1788-1793]. One large volume in-4 oblong (27.5 x 41.5 cm), [2] f., 61 plates, contemporary half-basin with corners, spine with 3 nerves, gilt fleurons (binding and corners rubbed, small light wetness in upper margin of first 3 leaves, a few stains (maps 53 and 54), plate 59 bound at end of volume). Interesting educational atlas featuring a double-page engraved title-frontispiece, a table leaf and 61 copper-engraved maps with contours colored at the time. This atlas includes a world map in two hemispheres, a planisphere, two maps (on one sheet) of general wind directions and monsoons, 15 maps of the ancient world, general maps of Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and South America. In addition to these maps, there are 26 maps of European countries, 6 maps of Asia, 2 maps of Africa and 4 maps of America (USA, Cuba and Jamaica, Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico, West Indies).
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