LE CLERC, Nicolas-Gabriel; LE CLERC, Antoine-François... Lot 859

LE CLERC, Nicolas-Gabriel; LE CLERC, Antoine-François Atlas du commerce, dédié au Roi. Paris Froullé (impr. of Clousier) 1786 Text. In-4° : iv-511 pp. (margins of title and last f. browned). Marbled calf, triple gilt fillet around covers, spine gilt with fleurons, red edges (spine ends restored, nerves and spine cracked, corners dull and bare, edges rubbed or bare, leather partly cracked) -- Atlas. In-fo.: 11 maps in 12 plates. (of 13 maps in 15 plates generally) bound as follows: no. 2 (in 2 h.-t.), 3, 1, 4, 6, 5, 7, 3 maps not numbered and no. 13 (heavy foxing on qqs. plates, qqs. stains, slightly faded). Half calf with corners, spotted paper boards, titled bookplate on red leather on upper board. (binder worn and rubbed with tears, spine renewed). First edition dealing with the wealth of France and mainly with the trade of Russia with its neighbouring countries. Prov. J.A. Dezauche (modern bookplate).