DE BOUIS, Baron de.
Le Parterre géographique et historique, ou Géographie-pratique, ou Nouvelle méthode d'enseigner la Géographie et l'Histoire (...) Paris, Nyon Fils, 1753. 2 parts in 1 vol. in-8. Full contemporary calf, arms in the centre of the boards, triple gilt fillet in the frame, ornamented spine, red morocco title-piece, gilt edges. 11] ff, 87pp ; [4] ff, 214pp, [1] f.
Second edition of this curious pedagogical work.
Without the maps.
>Example of François-Jacques-Maxime de Puységur, viscount of Buzancy, was made grand-croix of the order of Saint-Louis in 1777.
Handwritten bookplate on the back of the flyleaf: Cte Alphonse de la Guère.
O. H. R. pl. 136.
Rubbing and spotting to the binding.