ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Gilles. - Lot 60

ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Gilles. Atlas portatif universel et militaire, composé d'après les meilleures cartes... des plus célèbres géographes et ingénieurs, par M. Robert,... A Paris, chez l'auteur, Durand, Pissot, 1748. Small in-4. Demi-veau havane moucheté modeste de l'époque, smooth spine, gilt title (2 corners worn, boards rubbed and reinforced with paper at edges; light spotting, split title, 1 map lacking). First stand-alone part, the sequel to this atlas was published in 1749. This volume consists of a double-page illustrated title and 79 (out of 80) double or folding maps, all engraved on copper. Map no. 1 (England) is missing. Early manuscript table on endpapers. Handwritten titles of the period in the margins and on the backs of the maps.