ATLAS. - CHIQUET. Nouveau atlas françois contenant la France, ses 12 gouvernements généraux... S.l.n.d. (Paris, Jacques Chiquet, 1719). In-8 oblong, modern tan basane. 19 engraved ff. including a title, 15 maps with colored outlines, 3 ff. of text. Bound in the suite : Les Véritables portrais des roys de France. Paris, veuve Chiquet, 1724. Title and 6 engraved plates. Mottling. Binding rubbed. Joint : - BRION. Atlas and elementary tables of ancient and modern geography. Paris, chez l'auteur, J. Barbou, 1774. In-8, blue boards. 19 colored maps on double-page, and a black plan.

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