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BONNE (Rigobert) and DESMAREST (Nicolas): Atlas encyclopédique, contenant la géographie ancienne, et quelques cartes sur la géographie du Moyen Age, la géographie moderne, et les cartes relatives à la géographie physique. Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1787. One volume. 23 by 32 cm. Frontispiece-(2)-65-77 double maps mounted on tabs (complete). Bound in period grey cardboard, rather worn. Untrimmed copy. First edition of the atlas of the Panckoucke methodical encyclopedia, here volume 1 only. The copy has some defects: 20 engravings have hand-added regional delimitations. And 24 engravings have been colored, some artistically, some roughly. Two engravings have a small stain, two engravings have caricatures in the margin. A very interesting atlas, including, for example, 6 world maps from different angles.
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BONNE (Rigobert) and DESMAREST (Nicolas): Atlas encyclopédique, contenant la géographie ancienne, et quelques cartes sur la géographie du Moyen Age, la géographie moderne, et les cartes relatives à la géographie physique. Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1787. One volume. 23 by 32 cm. Frontispiece-(2)-65-77 double maps mounted on tabs (complete). Bound in period grey cardboard, rather worn. Untrimmed copy. First edition of the atlas of the Panckoucke methodical encyclopedia, here volume 1 only. The copy has some defects: 20 engravings have hand-added regional delimitations. And 24 engravings have been colored, some artistically, some roughly. Two engravings have a small stain, two engravings have caricatures in the margin. A very interesting atlas, including, for example, 6 world maps from different angles.
