137 - [GEOGRAPHY] - BRUZEN DE LA MARTINIÈRE, Antoine-Augustin

[GEOGRAPHY] - BRUZEN DE LA MARTINIÈRE, Antoine-Augustin The Great Geographical, Historical, and Critical Dictionary Dijon: Published by Arnauld Jean-Baptiste Augé, Printer and Bookseller, 1739, 4 volumes (of 6) Large folio. Full period calf. Spine with 7 raised bands decorated with gilded panels, fleurons, and arabesques. Title and volume number labels in brown morocco. Red edges. Title pages printed in black and red. Wear, split joints, scuffing, leather wear, and rounded corners. Incomplete set of this prestigious collective Dijon reissue of the most comprehensive geographical work of the Age of Enlightenment. Formerly the official geographer to King Philip V of Spain, Antoine-Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière (1662–1746) compiled in this encyclopedic masterpiece the definitive state of global cartographic and historical knowledge of the era. This regional edition, led by the Burgundian bookseller Arnauld Jean-Baptiste Augé in 1739, features a revised and more condensed text, rigorously condensing La Martinière’s scholarship into 6 volumes instead of the 9 in the original edition from The Hague. Our lot includes 4 of the 6 volumes of the complete set, namely Volumes I, IV, V, and VI (Volumes II and III are missing from the set). Volume VI, the final volume of the work, contains the detailed tables of contents and indexes essential for researchers, as well as Augé’s definitive imprint in Dijon.