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Description:
Half dark brown calf with brown marbled boards. Five raised bands and embossed, compartmented gilt designs on on spine. The binding is 20th century but retains and relays the original spine. Original endpages with the book plate of the Free Library of Philadelphia and the book plate of Harrold Edgar Gillingham. Mr. Gillingham was a Philadelphia insurance broker and an avid collector of Americana. Hand written dates and inscriptions in french on both the front endpages and the rear endpage describing the acquisition of this book in the 1803 by someone serving in under the french imperial command. Free endpages have been replaced. Library impression to title page title engraving and on reverse is the withdrawal stamp of the free library. Atlas general, civil, ecclesiastique et militaire, methodique et elementaire pour l'etude de la geographie et de l'Histoire. Quvrage Destine specialement a le' instruction de la Geune Noblesse de l'ecole royale militair adapte aux livre de geographie les plus suivis, entr'autres a ceux de M M. L'abbe langlet du frenoy, Robert Proff. De Phil. Celle dediee am Le. Crozat Et particulierement Pour L'abbe Nicole De La Croix. Et a la nouv. le methode geographique de Mr. L' Abbe compan, dediee a madame de france, Dresse d'aprer les nouvelle observations astronomue faites par M.M. Thirikcow et de l'isle par M. Brion, Ingenieur Geographe du Roy. Lovely third edition of this most important atlas. All maps have original hand color, complete with wide margins and in bright unfoxed condition. Just lovely. Every that is map listed in the table of maps is present except map 54 "France divisee & subdivisee en toutes ses Provinces & petits Pays (Grandes Cartes)". This atlas adds two other maps titled "Noubelle Carte de la Parue Des Indes Orientales, qui comprend entr'autres Etats, les vastres Possessions des Anglais (Map of India) and "Carte Des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septen trionale, dressee d'apres des Cartes Anglaises (Map of The United States)". The later map being a close up of the newly formed United States of America from Georgia in the south to Maine in the North and the western boundary of the Appalachian Mountains. When the treaty following the American Revolution was signed in 1783, Brion de la Tour illustrated the peace agreements for the new country in a series of maps that drew upon English and military information from the war. This map is one of the first times that the name "United States" appears. To the northwest, the "Countree des Six Nations" is depicted, as are many of the Indian territories. This Atlas is probably COMPLETE complete as this Atlas was intended to be sold in England or the USA so the large map of France was replaced by more relevant maps of the USA and the English possession of India. Exceptionally rare.
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: 013107 |
| Condition:
Very Good |
Year:
1786
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| Country:
France |
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| Height:
12 in. (30.48 cm) |
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| Title:
Atlas General, Civil, Ecclesiastique et Militaire Methodique et Elementaire |
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| Materials:
Half Calf Leather |
Type:
Half Calf Leather |
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