LATTRE. - Lot 24

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LATTRE. - Lot 24
LATTRE. Modern Atlas, or Collection of Maps of the Globe. Part Two contains the detailed maps that were missing from the first part, making this atlas complete. Paris: Lattré and Delalain, (1771–1776). Folio (39 x 29 cm), (3) folios, 41 maps. Period cardboard binding, red edges (binding worn, marginal defects including foxing). First edition. Atlas of 41 copperplate engravings in black by Lattré, based on works by various authors, all enhanced with colored outlines. Includes maps of France (Artois, Picardy, Normandy, Brittany, Anjou, Champagne, Burgundy), England, Scotland, and Ireland; Portugal (on two sheets); the Russian Empire (on two sheets), Asian Turkey, Arabia, Persia, India (on four sheets), Tartary, Canada (on two sheets), Mexico, Peru, and the Holy Land (on two sheets). The atlas also includes a beautiful title page and frontispiece engraved on copper by Louis Legrand, a disclaimer, and a table of maps.
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