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ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, [GILLES and DIDIER]. Atlas Universel. Paris: les auteurs and Boudet 1757-[1758].
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ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, [GILLES and DIDIER]. Atlas Universel. Paris: les auteurs and Boudet 1757-[1758].
Large folio, 513 x 375mm. (20 1/4 x 14 7/8in.), contemporary reversed calf, binding badly worn, two final maps with slight dampstain, five maps with vertical creases, fly-leaf crudely stuck down obscuring extreme left side of engraved title.
FIRST EDITION, engraved allegorical title by Charles Baquoy after J. Oger, 40pp. letterpress including "Avertissement", "Preface Historique", "Table des Articles" (listing 103 maps) and lists of subscribers; 108 double-page or folding engraved maps variously dated between 1750 and 1758, hand-colored in outline.
The 103 listed maps are augmented by the five maps of post roads. These were made available to the subscribers for the additional cost of 6 livres. The maps are: British Isles (1757), France (1758), Germany (1757), Spain and Portugal (1757) and Italy (1756). This popular atlas was issued by subscription and 1,118 copies were applied for in all.
Phillips Atlases 619.
Large folio, 513 x 375mm. (20 1/4 x 14 7/8in.), contemporary reversed calf, binding badly worn, two final maps with slight dampstain, five maps with vertical creases, fly-leaf crudely stuck down obscuring extreme left side of engraved title.
FIRST EDITION, engraved allegorical title by Charles Baquoy after J. Oger, 40pp. letterpress including "Avertissement", "Preface Historique", "Table des Articles" (listing 103 maps) and lists of subscribers; 108 double-page or folding engraved maps variously dated between 1750 and 1758, hand-colored in outline.
The 103 listed maps are augmented by the five maps of post roads. These were made available to the subscribers for the additional cost of 6 livres. The maps are: British Isles (1757), France (1758), Germany (1757), Spain and Portugal (1757) and Italy (1756). This popular atlas was issued by subscription and 1,118 copies were applied for in all.
Phillips Atlases 619.