Atlas Nouveau portatif à l'usage des Militaires et du Voyageur contenant 91 Cartes dresses
sur les nouvelles Observations dédié à Monseigneur le Comte de Maurepas, Ministre et Secrétaire d'Etat.
Paris: Chez Crépy, c. 1767-1780. Binding: Full vellum; spine flat with gilt lettered title on brown morocco label; all edges red. , Notes: George Louis Le Rouge (1740-1779) was engraver, publisher, and engineer for the King of France., Size: quarto (252x182mm), Illustration: Ninetyone (91) hand-coloured and one (1) uncoloured double-page illustrated engraved
plates, including title, maps and list of flags. The double page plate maps in this complete
work are bound on stubs, together with a table at thr rear listing all map titles. All maps are outlined in colour in contemporary hand with yellow wash borders; title of maps in old
brown pen on verso of each map. Maps are generally very good, if age tinted, but the last
several maps show faint old dampstaining to outer margins. The plate area of most maps is approx. 10.25x 8 inches. This rare work first appeared in 1748, with further editions printed in the 1750 and 1760’s .
, References: Tooley, 389, Pages: P. Ex libris, bl. (3), double page engraved title plate in colour, double page plates # 1 (Systeme), 2 (globe terrestre – globe celeste), 3 (globe celeste), 4 (mappemonde), 5 (l’Europe), 6 (L’Asie), 7 (L’Afrique), 8 (L’Amerique Septen.), 9 (L’Amerique Merid.), 10. (Isles Britann.), 11 (Ecosse), 12 (Irlande) , 13 (L’Angleterre), 14 (Spitsberg), 15 (Scandin.), 16 (Danem.), 17 (Russie), 18 (Pologne), 19 xvii prov. des Pays Bas), 20 (La Hollande), 21 Gueldres, 22 (Prov. Hollande et Utrecht), 23 (Zelande), 24 (Zuider-Zee), 25 (La Frise), 26 (Over-Yssel), 27 (Groningue), 28 (Brabant), 29 (Flandre), 30 (Luxembourg), 31 (France divisee), 32 (La France par Postes), 33 (Artois Picardie), 34 (Normandie), 35 (L’Isle de France), 36 (La Champagne), 37 (La Loraine), 38 (L’Alsace), 39 (La Bretagne), 40 (Orleanois), 41 (Bourgogne), 42 (Franche Comte), 43 (Poitou), 44 (Bourbonnois), 45 (Gascogne, …Navarre), 46 (Languedoc …), 47 (Dauphine), 48 (L’Isle de Re), 49 (Plan de Paris), 50 (L’Empire D’Allemagne), 51 (L’Allemagne par postes), 52 (Le Cercle d’Autriche), 53 (La Haute Autriche), 54 (La Basse Autriche), 55 (Le Tirol), 56 (Boheme), 57 (Silesie), 58 (Moravie), 59 (Hongrie), 60 (La Baviere), 61 (La Souabe), 62 (Cercle de la Haute Saxe), 63 (Brandebourg), 64 (Basse Saxe), 65 (Westphalie), 66 (Cologne), 67 (Franconie), 68 (La Suisse), 69 (L’Espagne), 70 (Portugal), 71 (L’Italie), 72 (La Lombardie), 73 (La Savoye), 74 (Genes), 75 (Turcs), 76 (La Palestine), 77 (Perse), 78 (Chine), 79 (Iapon, Coree), 80 (L’Egypte), 81 (Sonde), 82 (Moluques), 83 (Philippines), 84 (St. Domingue), 85 (Martinique), 86 (Antigue), 87 (La Jamaique), 88 (St. Christophle), 89 (L’Empire d’Alexandre), 90 (La Grece), 91 (Les Pavillons des Mer …), Table of Maps , Category: Book Atlas & Cartography; Book Europe France;. Dated 1780 on illustrated title and 1767 on many maps. In very good condition. Provenance: Ex libris book plate “Leo. S. Olschki Firenze”. Item #B5762
Binding: Full vellum; spine flat with gilt lettered title on brown morocco label; all edges red. , Notes: George Louis Le Rouge (1740-1779) was engraver, publisher, and engineer for the King of France., Size: quarto (252x182mm), Illustration: Ninetyone (91) hand-coloured and one (1) uncoloured double-page illustrated engraved
plates, including title, maps and list of flags. The double page plate maps in this complete
work are bound on stubs, together with a table at thr rear listing all map titles. All maps are outlined in colour in contemporary hand with yellow wash borders; title of maps in old
brown pen on verso of each map. Maps are generally very good, if age tinted, but the last
several maps show faint old dampstaining to outer margins. The plate area of most maps is approx. 10.25x 8 inches. This rare work first appeared in 1748, with further editions printed in the 1750 and 1760’s .
, References: Tooley, 389, Pages: P. Ex libris, bl. (3), double page engraved title plate in colour, double page plates # 1 (Systeme), 2 (globe terrestre – globe celeste), 3 (globe celeste), 4 (mappemonde), 5 (l’Europe), 6 (L’Asie), 7 (L’Afrique), 8 (L’Amerique Septen.), 9 (L’Amerique Merid.), 10. (Isles Britann.), 11 (Ecosse), 12 (Irlande) , 13 (L’Angleterre), 14 (Spitsberg), 15 (Scandin.), 16 (Danem.), 17 (Russie), 18 (Pologne), 19 xvii prov. des Pays Bas), 20 (La Hollande), 21 Gueldres, 22 (Prov. Hollande et Utrecht), 23 (Zelande), 24 (Zuider-Zee), 25 (La Frise), 26 (Over-Yssel), 27 (Groningue), 28 (Brabant), 29 (Flandre), 30 (Luxembourg), 31 (France divisee), 32 (La France par Postes), 33 (Artois Picardie), 34 (Normandie), 35 (L’Isle de France), 36 (La Champagne), 37 (La Loraine), 38 (L’Alsace), 39 (La Bretagne), 40 (Orleanois), 41 (Bourgogne), 42 (Franche Comte), 43 (Poitou), 44 (Bourbonnois), 45 (Gascogne, …Navarre), 46 (Languedoc …), 47 (Dauphine), 48 (L’Isle de Re), 49 (Plan de Paris), 50 (L’Empire D’Allemagne), 51 (L’Allemagne par postes), 52 (Le Cercle d’Autriche), 53 (La Haute Autriche), 54 (La Basse Autriche), 55 (Le Tirol), 56 (Boheme), 57 (Silesie), 58 (Moravie), 59 (Hongrie), 60 (La Baviere), 61 (La Souabe), 62 (Cercle de la Haute Saxe), 63 (Brandebourg), 64 (Basse Saxe), 65 (Westphalie), 66 (Cologne), 67 (Franconie), 68 (La Suisse), 69 (L’Espagne), 70 (Portugal), 71 (L’Italie), 72 (La Lombardie), 73 (La Savoye), 74 (Genes), 75 (Turcs), 76 (La Palestine), 77 (Perse), 78 (Chine), 79 (Iapon, Coree), 80 (L’Egypte), 81 (Sonde), 82 (Moluques), 83 (Philippines), 84 (St. Domingue), 85 (Martinique), 86 (Antigue), 87 (La Jamaique), 88 (St. Christophle), 89 (L’Empire d’Alexandre), 90 (La Grece), 91 (Les Pavillons des Mer …), Table of Maps , Category: Book Atlas & Cartography; Book Europe France;.
Price: $5,500.00