Atlas général

A$24,000 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

[Paris : circa 1780]. Elephant folio, 28 x 18 inches (730 x 465 mm), full green morocco, floral gilt decoration to edges, spine in compartments and lettered in gilt with contrasting red morocco title label (rebacked onto vellum with some early restoration to the upper portion), gilt stamped bee designs to the compartments of the spine and corners of the boards; all edges stained red, marbled endpapers, engraved list of the maps Cartes Geographiques De M. D’Anville on front pastedown, no title page (as issued), 42 sheets of engraved maps of various sizes, some folding and with extensions, most with contemporary hand colouring; occasional minor splitting and light discolouration at some folds as usual, all maps reinforced at folds; the maps clean and fresh, a complete and fine example of d Anville s extraordinary composite atlas. A monumental atlas from the Age of Enlightenment, copies of which were composed to order at the request of d Anville s clients. The engraved advertisement inside the upper board lists the maps and editions of the cartographer s works available at the time, the most recent of which is dated 1777. The atlas includes maps which date from 1747 1779. A complete list of the maps, which are almost exclusively double-page (up to 121 x 66 cm) is available on our website. The maps are as follows (please note the sizes are approximate as many of the maps have either wide margins or extensions): 1) MAPPE-MONDE, en deux grands Hemi-spheres. 1761. 48 x 26 inches, do

• Binding: Hardcover

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