[ATLAS]. LE ROUGE (Georges-Louis) Atlas nouveau portatif à l'usage des militaires et du voyageur... À Paris, chez Le Rouge, [1756]. In-4, contemporary tan calf (very worn but solid binding; angular wetness at beginning of volume, light stains on engraved title, some minor soiling). First (and only) part of this atlas, devoted to general geography (a second part devoted exclusively to the Germanic domain will complete it in 1759). It consists of: [1] f. (double engraved title), VI p. (warning), [1] f., 36 p. (Introduction to Geography, with title dated 1756), 91 double copper-engraved plates, including 90 colored boundary maps, and the last showing navigation flags in black, and [1] table leaf.

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