ATLAS. - RIZZI ZANNONI. Atlas historique... - Lot 8 - Métayer-Mermoz Maison de Ventes aux Enchères Moulins

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ATLAS. - RIZZI ZANNONI. Atlas historique... - Lot 8 - Métayer-Mermoz Maison de Ventes aux Enchères Moulins
ATLAS. - RIZZI ZANNONI. Atlas historique de la France ancienne et moderne (...) dressé pour servir à la lecture de l'Histoire de MM. Velly et Villaret. Paris, 1766. In-8, brown boards restored, old spine with ornamented nerves. New edition: engraved title-frontispiece and dedication, 16 pp. 58 double plates on tabs, with watercolored lines and backgrounds, including a large folded map; with a 59th plate flying with watercolored lines and frame; 16 pp. for the rare "Catalogue ...du fonds du Sr Desnos". Without the 2nd large folded map of France. Binding heavily restored, and with defects; some foxing and staining. Joint : Atlas national portatif de la France. Paris, 1792. In-8 oblong, modern tan basane. One of the first departmental atlases of France. Entirely engraved collection containing a title, and 91 out of 93 colored maps (except the last 3 in black: 2 maps of the French islands and colonies and a plan of Pondicherry during the British siege of 1778). The atlas is preceded as it should be by the "Précis élémentaire et méthodique de la nouvelle géographie de la France". Second edition. Paris, Dumez, Aubry, year II (1794). Binding scuffed, soiled.
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