"Geography] Rigobert BONNE - Petit tableau de la France ou cartes Géographiques From Lattré in Paris, 1764 - Superb copy in full morocco with arms of this attractive portable atlas, illustrated with a handsome engraved and watercolored title, and 28 double-page maps with finely colored outlines, all mounted on tabs. 2 parts bound in 1 vol. Geographical description by French hydrographer and cartographer Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795). Bound in full red morocco with coat of arms (letters F.F.F. unidentified), gilded marbled endpapers, triple framed with gilded fillets on the boards and decorated "à la Du Seuil", gilded edges. Very good condition, some very slight rubbing. In-16, (8) 213pp. (1) (8) pp. of catalog".

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