POIRSON, J.-B. TARDIEU. - Lot 52

POIRSON, J.-B. TARDIEU. Atlas ancien et moderne. (1831). Small in-4 (21 x 18 cm), [2] manuscript ff. (title and table), 28 plates, amateur green half-suede binding (defects including rubbing to spine and boards, very light foxing). Composite atlas with 24 black copper-engraved maps by Poirson, Tardieu, Hérisson and Alès, including a world map, a planisphere, as well as maps of France (Gaul, Charlemagne's Empire, France in 32 governments), ancient Italy, Europe, European Russia, Germany, England, Asia, India, Africa, and North and South America. Also includes three maps of Paris and a plate depicting the League procession of 1590, taken from Anquetil's Histoire de France, for a total of 28 plates.