Atlas Elementaire ou l'on voit sur des Cartes et des Tableaux relatifs a l'Object l'Etat actuel de la Constitution Politique de l'Empire d'Alemagne ...
COURTALON Jean-Baptiste (1774.)
£1200.00 [First Edition]
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First Edition; quarto (286 x 216 mm); double-page decorated engraved title-page, [2], 20pp., thirteen engraved maps, twelve double-page, thirteen double-page descriptive tables and ten further fold-out tables in original colour. Contemporary cat’s paw calf, gilt titling and floral decoration to spine. Wear to extremities and fore-corners and short splits to upper joints. Paris : Roch-Joseph Julien & Antoine Boudet,
Scarce historical atlas of the German Empire throughout history, the text arranged thematically.
A note on page 19 suggests that fewer than 500 were printed, with a good number to be sent abroad, and gives prices for different bindings.
Stock Code: 178752