JEAN BAPTISTE BOURGUIGNON D'ANVILLE (1697-1782)
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JEAN BAPTISTE BOURGUIGNON D'ANVILLE (1697-1782)

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JEAN BAPTISTE BOURGUIGNON D'ANVILLE (1697-1782)

[Various works, in French]. Paris: 1753-1779. 7 works in four volumes, 4° (260 x 200mm). 1 engraved headpiece, 13 engraved maps (12 folding [4 of these hand-coloured]). (1 shaved into image area.) Contemporary speckled calf gilt, covers with roll-tooled border, spines in six compartments with raised bands, the bands flanked by gilt fillets, red morocco lettering-piece in the first, blue morocco in the fourth, volume number in gilt in the third compartment.

A FINE COLLECTION OF MOST OF D'ANVILLE'S IMPORTANT 4° WORKS. The four volumes contain:
Vol.I Mémoires sur l'Ègypte ancienne et moderne. Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale, 1766. 7 engraved maps (6 folding [1 of these hand-coloured in ouline]). (The first map shaved into the image area along the lower margin.) [Bound with:] Analyse de la Carte intitulée les Côtes de la Gréce et l'Archipel. Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale, 1757. 1 folding engraved map.
Vol.II Éclairissemens Géographiques sur la Carte de l'Inde. Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale, 1753. (Tear to S1 just touching text.) [Bound with:] Antiquité Géographique de l'Inde et de plusieurs autres contrées de la haute Asie. Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale, 1775. 3 folding engraved maps (1 hand-coloured in outline).
Vol.III L'Euphrate et le Tigre. l'Imprimerie Royale, 1779. 1 folding engraved map, hand-coloured in outline. [Bound with:] États formés en Europe après la chute de l'empire Romain en occident. Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale, 1771.
Vol. IV Notice de l'ancienne Gaule tirée des monumens romains. Paris: Desaint & Saillant and Durand, 1760. 1 engraved headpiece, 1 folding engraved map, hand-coloured in outline. (Without first and last blanks). (4)
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