1 - ANVILLE, J.-B. Bourguignon d’ or DANVILLE.

ANVILLE, J.-B. Bourguignon d’ or DANVILLE. [Atlas Composite]. No place, (primarily second half of the 18th century). Folio. 19th-century red half-shagreen binding, ribbed spine, fleurons, and title “Œuvres de d’Anville” gilded (spine very slightly rubbed, slight discoloration, rare foxing, other defects listed). A collection of 15 maps, including one on two sheets, engraved in black on copper, some with colored borders, from the work of Bourguignon d’Anville (1697–1782), who served as the king’s chief geographer. Antique maps of Europe (Italy, Greece, France), the Middle East, and India 1. *Orbis veteribus notus*. 1763. - 2 & 3. *Orbis Romani pars orientalis (et) occidentalis* (2 sheets). 1763–64. - 4. Ancient Gaul. 1760. - 5. Ancient Italy. 1764. - 6. Ancient Greece. 1762. - 7. Asia Minor. 1764. 8. Ancient Egypt. 1765. - 9. Ancient India. 1765. - 10. Reduced Map of the South Sea. 1736. - 11. For the Treatise on the Roman Mile. - 12. Plate with explanation of symbols. - 13. Ancient Greece. - 14. Roman Roads (markings). - 15. For the Egyptian Scene. - 16. Section of the Course of the Loire. 1734. Included: A set of three works by d’Anville in first editions, bound together, on the East and its history, the result of the diligent research and work of the King’s chief geographer under Louis XV. 3 volumes in-4, (without maps). Contemporary fawn half-basane, with ivory vellum corners, smooth spine with title, gilt roulette, and gilt fillet, speckled edges (spines and cuts rubbed, foxing, without maps). -Memoirs on Ancient and Modern Egypt, followed by a description of the Arabian Gulf or the Red Sea. Paris: Royal Printing Office, 1766. -States formed in Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Paris: Royal Printing Office, 1771. -Geographical Antiquities of India and Other Regions of Upper Asia. Paris: Royal Printing Office, 1775.