CHIQUET, Jacques (fl. 1719). Le nouveau et curieux Atlas Geographique et historique, ou Le Divertissement des Empereurs, Roys, et Princes, Paris: J. Chiquet, [c. 1719]. Oblong 4° (190 x 130mm.). Double-page engraved title within elaborate border, 4 astronomical plates and 23 double-page engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline. (Small hole in one text leaf with slight loss, a few maps and leaves repaired on versos, occasional light browning and spotting.) Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt (joints and corners lightly rubbed). Moreland & Bannister p. 132.

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CHIQUET, Jacques (fl. 1719). Le nouveau et curieux Atlas Geographique et historique, ou Le Divertissement des Empereurs, Roys, et Princes, Paris: J. Chiquet, [c. 1719]. Oblong 4° (190 x 130mm.). Double-page engraved title within elaborate border, 4 astronomical plates and 23 double-page engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline. (Small hole in one text leaf with slight loss, a few maps and leaves repaired on versos, occasional light browning and spotting.) Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt (joints and corners lightly rubbed). Moreland & Bannister p. 132.

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